A total of two country-made pistols, one revolver and 16 live cartridges were also seized from the possession of the accused.
The held music director has been identified as Prakash Rout alias Papu.
“Based on a tip-off that history-sheeter Gyanaranjan Sahoo was spotted roaming near Jhanjirimangala Gada in the morning, Badambadi Police carried out a raid and nabbed him from the area. A 7.65 mm country-made pistol loaded with two rounds of live ammunitions were recovered and seized from his possession,” informed Cuttack DCP Prateek Singh to media.
After Gayana divulged the names of his aides during interrogation, Prakash Rout, Pramod Rout and Susanta Parida were taken into custody.
While, one revolver with two live bullets was seized from Pramod’s possession, one country-made 9 mm pistol with two live bullets was seized from Susanta’s possession.
Further investigation is underway into the case.
