The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday arrested three looters in connection with lifting of bikes and cars from different areas of the city. The accused were forwarded to court, the police said.
The arrested were identified as Santanu Balabantaray alias Anuja (23) and Reka Pattnayak (25), both from the Khandagiri area, and Anandi Nayak (21) from Sailashree Vihar. The accused were nabbed from the Rental Colony and Unit-8 areas in the city.
Two Tata Indigo CS cars and nine motorcycles were seized from the possession of the trio, informed Nayapalli inspector in-charge Anup Kumar Kanungo. Three cases were registered against the accused, said Kanungo. The motor vehicles were stolen by the looters from different areas of the city, he added.