Four persons including three minors were arrested on Friday for allegedly snatching a motorcycle from a man using a gun-shaped lighter in Kanjiya village under Bhandariya police limit.
The accused have been identified as Raju Tirkey (22) and three minors all from Kanjiya village.
“On September, 16 Ranjit Kumar Nayak, a resident of Sinjo village, filed a complaint stating that after completing work from Harta village, he was heading home on his motorcycle around 8 pm. Near Manjari village main road when the four accused stopped him,” said Superintendent of police Dipak Pandey.
He added that the all accused pointed two revolvers at Nayak and swiftly snatched his bike and mobile. A case was registered under IPC Section 392 (robbery) at Bhandariya police station.
“We arrested them in their village Kanjiya and recovered the stolen motorcycle, a mobile phone, two gun-shaped lighter from their possession,” Pandey added.
In another action police arrested two antisocial elements during anti crime vehicle checking at Ranka near forest check post, on Friday. Police recovered one country made revolver and two misfire cartridges from them. Police also seized two mobile and a scooty from them, the SP said.