6 aides of gangster brothers nabbed

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapada: To neutralize the crime syndicate of gangster brothers Sushil and Sushant Dhal Samant (DS), police in Kendrapada district on Thursday arrested six notorious criminals who are suspected to be associates of the siblings.
The accused were identified as Sanjeev Mohanty, Rashmi Ranjan Swain, Bijoy Behera, Ramakant Khatua, Gagan Behari Jena and Rajesh Sahoo, all residents of Marshaghai in Kendrapada."They are henchmen of Litu alias Debiprasad Das and Dipu alias Biplab Behera. Litu and Dipu are rivals of gangster Tito and were aligned with the D S brothers. Litu and Biplab were arrested recently," said SP (Kendrapada) Nitinjeet Singh.
A group of 12 persons, including the six arrested, assembled near a bridge under Kendrapada Sadar police limits and were planning to execute a robbery when police swooped down on them late on Wednesday night.
"Their other six associates escaped with firearms. They have been identified and will be arrested soon. The accused were involved in a series of robbery, tender fixing and extortion cases. We strongly suspect they were carrying out tender fixing in Kendrapada at the behest of D S brothers," Singh said.