D-brothers link: Dreaded criminal Sangram Patra arrested

Cuttack: Another dreaded criminal Sangram Patra, considered to be an aide of the criminal brothers Sushil and Sushant Dhalasamant was arrested by Cuttack Sadar police today. Sources said that, Patra has more than eight criminal cases pending against him.

With Patra's arrest, Commissionerate police have so far arrested 20 associates of Dhalasamant brothers.

Sources informed that commissionerate police has chalked out a special strategy to nab 10 hardcore criminals who were in the core group of these two criminal brothers.

Talking to media persons here on Tuesday, DCP Sanjeev Arora said of the 19 associates of Dhalasamant brothers, most are professional criminals.

“During the interrogation of these 19 associates, police has come to know that several other associates have gone underground. Of these absconding associates, there are 10 hardcore criminals who were in the core group of D-brothers’ gang,” he added.

The DCP further said that these 10 history-sheeters have fled to the neighbouring states to escape from the police.

“We have information that they have been frequently changing their address. We have formulated a special strategy to nab them and have sent two teams for the purpose,” he informed.