Keonjhar: Four armed, masked miscreants entered Baladevjew Lane No. 6 and 7 Saturday night here and decamped after looting two houses. The Forest department has lodged an FIR regarding the incident at the town police station. Reportedly, while house owners Utpal Kumar Roy and Shubham Kahali were sleeping in their bedrooms, the miscreants locked them from outside and fled away after looting valuable objects.
However, they have failed to rob the valuable belongings from their bedroom. Reports said, four masked men entered Shubham’s house crossing the boundary wall Saturday night. Then they broke through the window and took away Rs 5,000 in cash, the police complaint suggested. After the loot, the miscreants again entered Roy’s house. Reportedly, they cut open the iron net, entered the premises and dug out the grill window to enter the house. They searched the whole house except the bedrooms and found nothing but Rs 1,000 in cash and fled away. Considering the two complaints, town police have registered a case (no 26/23) and launched an instant probe into the matter.
Adhering to some CCTV footage of the nearby area, town police are trying hard to nab the miscreants. After watching the miscreants with arms in the footage following the incident, a chaotic and fearful atmosphere is dominating the town, as per the reports. Also, the police have increased patrolling to nab the suspects, a police official said.