Toy gun-using robbers nabbed in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate police on Friday claimed to have busted a robbers’ gang that used to loot cash, mobiles and other valuables from commuters on national highways with the help of a toy gun.

Two members of the gang have been arrested while another key associate is still absconding. The accused have been identified as Sushant Mohanty and Jiban Jyoti.

Senior officials of Commissionerate police informed that both the accused used to work for dreaded criminal Bala Gajendra aka Suresh, who was earlier arrested after an encounter from Nuagaon area on September 17.

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4 cases including loot, firing and snatching have been registered against Sushant Mohanty while police have seized a toy gun, mobile phones and other weapons from the gang.

The highway robbers gang mostly used to target people at Chandaka, Tamando and other parts of the highway between Cuttack and Khurda.

The gang members used high-powered bikes to decamp with cash and other valuables after terrorizing the victims with the help of toy pistols.