The Brahmapur police on Saturday solved the mystery of the loot of a godown that had happened late on July 20 night at Gaouda Sahi under the Badabazaar police limits in the city.
The police arrested a trader, E Koteswar Rao, in connection with the loot and recovered stolen materials worth Rs12.40 lakh from his possession. The police also detained Koteswar’s younger brother E lokesh for further interrogation in the matter, said Brahmapur SDPO PK Patnaik.
According to reports, a group of miscreants in the wee hours of Monday got down from a truck near a retail godown of a trader M Prasad Rao at Gaudasahi and looted FMCG products like cosmetics and Pan Masala packets from it. After looting all the items, the miscreants left the place immediately.Witnessing the empty stores in his godown in the morning, Prasad lodged a complaint with the local police. On the basis of the complaint, the police had started investigation into the matter and solved the mystery with the help of porters and truck drivers of the area.
Badabazaar IIC Anil Mohanty said the police got clues about the loot materials stored in a godown of Koteswar at Sankarpur Sahi here. The recovered materials were transported to the police station in five mini trucks, he added.“It was the outcome of a previous business rivalry between Prasad and Koteswar,” said Mohanty, adding that they would arrest other persons involved in the loot.