Nine arrested as police bust gang of gold ornament thieves

ROURKELA: In a major breakthrough, Rourkela police arrested nine members of an interstate criminal gang involved in stealing gold ornaments from people under the pretext of cleaning them.

A team from the Sector-7 police station, while investigating a theft complaint lodged on September 19, recovered 103 grams of stolen gold, three motorcycles, seven mobile phones, and other materials from the accused, who are aged between 30 and 42 years.