Burla police foil dacoity bid, five arrested

SAMBALPUR: Burla police arrested a group of five dacoits including a notorious criminal while they were preparing to loot at an underpass near NH-53 within Burla police limits on Friday night. The arrests were made based on investigation following an Instagram video that went viral, where one of the accused was threatening to kill someone.

The accused have been identified as Sujal alias Sibanand Swain (22), Md Suleman (26), Sudhanshu Chhatria (22), Samiraj Lugun (23) and Uttam Bagarti (25) all from different police limits in the district.