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Odagaon, Jan 12: Police here in Nayagarh district Monday claimed to have busted a notorious gang of dacoits as they arrested three of its members while they were preparing the blueprint for an offensive in a hut inside Godapalli cashew forest Sunday.
The arrested persons were identified as Kedar Mohanty (32) of Hanumantia village in Kural panchayat, Alok Kumar Barad (24) of Khatia Bhanjasahi village under Sarankul police limits and Santosh Kumar Champaty (31) of Aanlamada village under Khandapada police limits. Four of their accomplices, however, managed to flee during the police raid.
A double-barrel gun, a knife, hand bombs as well as bomb making
material like gunpowder, jute threads, explosives, three mobile phones, chilli powder, caps and a bag were also seized from the accused, said inspector-in-charge (IIC) Rama Chandra Sahu at a press meet here Monday.
The accused were produced in a court and remanded in jail following the rejection of their bail pleas, according to the police official.
Sahu claimed Kedar and Santosh were involved in the Orissa Gramya Bank dacoity case in its Kural branch. Computers and other IT peripherals were looted from the branch after the miscreants failed to break open the steel vault.
The raid was carried out on the direction of superintendent of police Manoranjan Mohanty, Sahu said, adding the gang’s mastermind and other members will be arrested soon.
