Jajpur: With the arrest of three notorious criminals, police in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Thursday claimed to have busted a chain-snatching gang.
The police also seized 46 gm of stolen gold jewellery from their possession on Wednesday.
The gang was reportedly involved in at least 20 robbery cases, mostly on national highways in five police station areas in Jajpur district, in the last couple of months, a police official said.
The arrests were made during police patrolling on NH-16 stretch between Jaraka and Barabati on Wednesday.
Jajpur Road SDPO Laxmidhar Swain said a patrolling team of Dharmasala police chased three youths riding a motorcycle on NH-16, suspecting their activities. The police brought them to the police station, and during thorough interrogation, they confessed to have committed chain snatching in the district.
The gang was involved in at least 20 snatching and robbery cases in Dharmasala, Barachana, Panikoili, Jajpur town and Kuakhia police station areas in Jajpur district. The gang has five members and efforts are on to trace and apprehend the rest two.
