Rayagada: Seven persons, including three home guards and a woman, were arrested for allegedly looting Rs 9 lakh from a businessman in Odisha’s Rayagada district, a police officer said Tuesday.
The three home guards are posted in Bissamcuttack and Kalyansingpur police stations in the district.
The arrested woman served as a maid in the businessman’s home, police said.
According to police, the victim, identified as T Umma Reddy, was coming to Rayagada from Jeypore with his friends and a driver. Midway, near Rafukana Square, he stopped the vehicle for a discussion with another woman, Radhika Halwa.
At that moment, the seven accused intercepted the businessman and forcefully took him and Radhika in their four-wheeler, saying, “Let’s go and meet the SP”, the complainant alleged.
After a while, Radhika was allowed to get off the vehicle. The accused then threatened the businessman with police action and allegedly looted Rs 9 lakh from him, said Amulya Dhar, additional superintendent of police, Rayagada.
They later left the businessman on the road and fled the spot, he said.
Following the incident, Reddy filed a complaint at Rayagada police station alleging that he had been robbed. Following the complaint, police investigated and arrested the seven accused, Dhar said.
Police have seized Rs 2.83 lakh cash, a Bolero car, a bike and six mobile phones from the accused, he added.
