The Raghunathpali police on Thursday arrested two bike-borne miscreants and a jeweller allegedly involved in a dozen of snatching cases committed at various places under the Raghunathpali, Uditnagar, Chhend, Tangarpali, Jhirpani and Sector-7 police stations.
The arrested were identified as mastermind Rajesh Sahu alias Handi(25) of Malgodam area, co-accused Manu Sahu(18) of the Malgodam area and jeweller Sailesh Saw of the Basanti Colony. Sailesh is accused of purchasing the robbed gold chains from the two snatchers.
According to Rourkela SP Amitendra Nath Sinha, Rajesh along with Manu and another aide, who is yet to be nabbed, was snatching chains from women, who were mostly pedestrians.
The police seized two chains from Manu’s possession, 102 grams of melted gold from Sailesh and a motorcycle from Rajesh, which he was using in committing the crimes.