The Commissionerate Police on Friday arrested seven persons, including a man and his son, of two gangs of burglars from the city and seized Rs2.6 lakh in cash, 28 mobile phones and 90 grams of gold ornaments worth more than Rs2.5 lakh from their possession.
The accused identified as Jagneswar Das (46) and his medicine representative son Ranjit Kumar Das (20), Pradip Kumar Sahoo (52) and lilan Rath (35) were working for one gang, while Sarat Das (20), Jaga (21) and Sunil Das (20), were members of another gang.According to Police Commissioner Dr RP Sharma, Jagneswar, who was serving as a driver of the Public Health Department, had masterminded the kidnapping and murder of Rashmi Ranjan Barik in Khandagiri in 2007.Dr Sharma said the Jagneswar-le gang had decamped with Rs2.5 lakh in cash from a foreign liquor shop near the Rajmahal flyover in the city during Durga Puja.