Son of Odisha cop robs bank with his father’s pistol, arrested

The 23-year-old son of a serving assistant sub-inspector of Odisha police, who looted ₹15 lakh from a private bank with the service pistol of his father, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon following an exchange of fire with a team of police who intercepted him, officials said

Updated on: Nov 10, 2021, 00:14:09 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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The 23-year-old son of a serving assistant sub-inspector of Odisha police, who looted ₹15 lakh from a private bank with the service pistol of his father, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon following an exchange of fire with a team of police who intercepted him, officials said.

Police officials said Jaydev Nayak, son of an assistant sub-inspector of police in Sundargarh district, arrived at the Axis Bank under Sundargarh town police station around 2 pm in a bike on Tuesday.

“After entering the bank with a bag, he first pointed out the pistol at the head of the cashier and then manager Lankeswar Maharana asking them to fill up the bag with all the cash at the counter. After leaving the bank, he put the gun on the head of a bike rider and asked him to give his bike, he then sped away on that motorcycle when our police team intercepted him at Shankara,” said Sundargarh SP Sagarika Nath.

When Nayak opened fire at police, they fired back injuring him on his left leg. The police later recovered all the cash, the gun and admitted him to a hospital. Nayak is a graduate and has been unemployed for the last 2-3 years.

The SP said Nayak’s father, who is posted at Sundargarh Sadar police station, would be probed to find out if he was complicit in the case.

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Debabrata Mohanty
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.Read More