Bhubaneswar: Jatni police today arrested four youths including two engineering students for series of loot incidents on NH 16 passing through the state capital. Police said that the gang members also looted a truck on the NH.
The accused have been identified as Satya Ranjan Behera (29), Pratap Kishore Parida (19), Anil Ojha (27) and Md Wahidul Malida (26). Police have seized sharp-edged weapons and two motorcycles used in the crime.
Police said that the gang members used to target trucks between Pahala and Khordha. “They used to intercept trucks and terrorise the drivers with sharp-edged weapons to loot valuables and cash. The gang was also involved in loot of a truck on the NH,” said a police official.
Police said that they are further trying to verify the antecedents of the accused.
Prasanta Patnaik