Cash worth Rs 20.80 lakh, two mobile phones along with a car were seized from the arrested accused persons identified as Manoj Bisoi (34) of Antaraba of Adava police station limit in Gajapati district and Jamal Khan (41) of Haripur in Khurda district who was also the driver of the truck, from where they miscreants looted the cash.
Three other persons were involved in the looting case. We have identified them and they will be arrested soon, said Additional SP (Berhampur) Shantanu Das.
The driver Jamal Khan -- one of the accused in the case -- had intimated about the incident to the police and also to the truck owener Tayab Khan of Talcher, a fish trader. Police started investigation following the FIR lodged by the Tayab Khan.
"During the investigation, we came to know that the driver himself had hatched a conspiracy to loot the cash from the truck. He had passed information to the main accused Manoj Bisoi at Kanishi, while he was parking the truck before the incident, said sub divisional police officer, Berhampur Sadara AK Mohanty.
During interrogation, the driver has confessed to the crime, said inspector in charge, Golanthara Alok Jena. The cash and mobile phones, which were Bisoi's posession, have been recovered from his house.
A police team has been constituted to nab the other three accused persons, allegedly involved in the loot, he said.
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