Badabazar Police Foil Alleged Terror Plot; Two Arrested with Country-Made Pistol in Brahmapur
Desk,Odishabarta
Brahmapur, November 10: Badabazar Police have arrested two youths and seized an operational country-made pistol while foiling an alleged attempt to create terror and panic among the public in Brahmapur.
The arrests were made in connection with Badabazar Police Station Case No. 861, dated November 9, 2026, registered under Sections 25(1A) and 25(6) of the Arms Act.
According to police sources, at around 1.05 AM on November 9, a police team led by SI Sasmita Behera was conducting naka checking at Pandaba Nagar Chhaka in Brahmapur. During the operation, the team intercepted a Hero Destini 125 ZX Plus scooter carrying two suspicious persons.
On searching the occupants in the presence of independent witnesses, police recovered an operational country-made pistol from the rider. The two occupants were subsequently taken into custody and arrested at around 9.10 AM on the same day.
The arrested persons have been identified as Subham Bisoyi (20), son of Muna Bisoyi, originally from Gautami under Brahmapur Sadar Police Station and presently residing at Durganagar near Maluani Temple under Badabazar Police Station, and Nigam Kumar Behera (21), son of Laxminarayan Behera, of Saraswati Nagar, Lane-1, near Adarsha Sishu Mandira, Lathi, under Brahmapur Sadar Police Station.
During interrogation, police reportedly found that the accused had procured the firearm from two history-sheeters, identified as Buka alias Ashirbada Nayak and Chetana Nayak alias Kitu of Pandaba Nagar.
According to the investigation, the duo was allegedly carrying the firearm at their direction with the intention of creating terror among members of a rival group and spreading panic among the general public.
Police seized one country-made pistol and the Hero Destini 125 ZX Plus scooter bearing registration number OD-07-BD-8298.
Both arrested accused have been forwarded to the Court of the SDJM, Brahmapur.
Further investigation is underway to ascertain the source of the illegal firearm and the possible involvement of other persons in the case.
