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Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate police Friday claimed to have foiled a robbery attempt and arrested seven miscreants, while one managed to flee.
Airfield police station officials and quick action team (QAT) officials on the intervening night of December 31/January 1 conducted a raid in Sundarpada area where at least eight anti-social elements had congregated reportedly to plan a dacoity in Palaspalli area.
“We were keeping a watch on the miscreants for the past few days. On December 31 evening, we got information that they were planning to commit dacoity in the area. Airfield police station officials and QAT officials then conducted a raid and nabbed three miscreants first. After scouring the area, the officials nabbed other four miscreants. However, one of the miscreants managed to flee,” twin city police commissioner Rajendra Prasad Sharma told the media.
“The seven desperadoes were identified as Prabhat Paikrai alias Tukuna (38) of Nimapada, Jugal Sahoo (32) of Angul, Dharma Nayak of Daringbadi, Basant Kumar Sundar (32) of Bolagarh, Kartik Bhuian (26) of Kolkatta, Pranabandhu Natha alias Radhe (23) of Kamakhya Nagar and Tathagata Sahoo alias Tuna (20) of Kamakhya Nagar,” Sharma said.
“Prabhat was arrested by Capital police in 2009 for his complicity in a firing incident, Dharma was arrested by Mancheswar police in 2009 for his involvement in a murder case, Pranabandhu was arrested earlier for his involvement in a firing case and Tathagata was arrested earlier on the charges of robbery. We are checking the antecedents of all the miscreants,” he added.
“We have seized one country shotgun with two live ammunition, one country made 9-mm pistol with four live ammunition, one country made revolver with one live ammunition, one sharp cutting weapon, three low intensity bombs, four mobile phones and `3200 cash,” Sharma said.
The police said all the miscreants are residing in the city. A case has been registered and the miscreants were produced in a court Friday, they added.
