Two women forge way to loot truckloads of iron pellets

BHUBANESWAR: Dhenkanal police on Wednesday arrested two women for allegedly cheating transport companies engaged by Rungta Mines Limited (RML) to deliver eight truckloads of iron pellets.

Investigation revealed that accused Santoshi Mohanty (29) of Talcher and Rashmita Jena (37) of Bari cheated truck owners Gitarani Behera and Rajesh Sasmal, who have the contracts to transport iron pellets from RML to Paradip.

The accused, however, claimed they were in transportation business and lured Gitarani and Rajesh on the promise of providing them more transportation contracts of various steel plants/industries.