Balasore: Police foil bank robbery attempt, arrest 7 persons with firearms
Balasore: In a major achievement, the Jaleswar Police in Odisha’s Balasore district reportedly foiled a bank robbery attempt and arrested seven miscreants early this morning.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of cops from the Jaleswar police in coordination with West Midnapore police conducted raids at Dashahara Padia in Gobarghata village at about 1.20 AM on Monday while seven armed miscreants were planning to loot a nearby bank, informed Balasore SP Sagarika Nath.
Cops arrested each of them, whom they identified as Biswajit Mohanty of Balasore, Jagannath Raul of Balasore, Venkat Rao of Delhi, B. Hariprasad, Paschim Medinipur, Fakir Nayak, Mangal Bhuyan, Gouri Shankar Gochhayat of West Bengal, she added.
Apart from arresting the accused persons, police also seized two pistols, 15 live bullets, one country made gun, 3 magazines, a gas cutter with oxygen tank, gloves, 2 screwdrivers, monkey caps, 3 motorcycles, cash, 6 mobile phones, 1 car with multiple fake number plates from their possessions.
All the accuse persons were forwarded to the court after their arrest.
