Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police arrested eight persons for their alleged involvement in a number of burglaries and produced them before court Monday.
The accused have been identified as Ranjan Satpathy (20), Sanjay Behera (23), Mantu Paikray (38), Chandan Kumar Pradhan (27), Bhagabata Prasad Mohapatra (32), Sk Zawd (37), Alok Behera (28) and Pradip Kumar Das (33). Police have recovered nine bikes, 70 mobile phones and 23 laptops from their possession.
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The arrests came after several FIRs were registered by the residents of Kharvelnagar, Khandagiri, Shahid Nagar and Nayapalli localities regarding lifting of motorcycles, and snatching of mobile phone and laptops.
Police were informed about the location of the gang members Monday morning. Acting on the tip-off a team of Commissionerate Police rushed to the spot and arrested the eight accused.
Police said that those arrested are history-sheeters. They have a number of cases pending against them. Their criminal activities are spread across the state capital. Mostly they commit the acts in Khandagiri and Tomando localities.
The gang often used to waylaid victims early morning and snatch their bikes and other valuable items. Police said that with the arrest of the eight accused, incidents of snatching and stealing two-wheelers would certainly decrease.
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