The Soro police after recovering 400 gm of gold ornaments from the possession of highway looters arrested six miscreants involved in the crime.
The accused persons were identified as Ramakanta Das (21), Ratikanta Das (33), both from Mianbag village under Mandarpur panchayat, Chinmay Das (19) of Athantara village, Jitendra Mohapatra (35) of Fuladi and Sanatanu Das ( 21) of Minabag under Mandarpur panchayat of Remuna block. Soro IIC Madhumita Mohanty said that the accused persons were apprehended in connection with a NH robbery case on November 5 in which they had looted about 600 gm of jewellery from a trader, Janmajeya Sahu, near Bidu Petrol pump when Sahu was returning to his native village in Anandapur under Keonjhar district.
The accused in two bikes after hitting the victim had snatched the jewellery bag and sped away. They were rounded up from different places following raids and the mastermind of the crime was Santanu Das, an engineering student. Following the report of the crime, the police scanned all the CCTVs installed at different places including at the toll gate, Sergarh.
After finding clues, a dedicated team carried out raids at different places in Baleswar, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Nabarangpur. The prime accused Santanu was apprehended from Nabarangpur.The police besides seizing the ornaments also seized the bikes used for crime, a chopper and 10 mobile sets.They were forwarded to court after being booked under appropriate sections of IPC and sent to jail after rejection of their bail petitions in a local court.