Bhubaneswar, Dec. 28 -- An unusual and shocking theft racket involving a man and his son-in-law has been unearthed in Odisha's Bolangir district. Police arrested the duo after months of investigation, exposing a carefully planned operation that relied on stealth, surveillance and evasion.

After nearly four months of sustained effort, Bolangir police arrested the accused duo from the Kopu police station area of Raigarh district in neighbouring Chhattisgarh. The arrests have brought an end to a series of high-value thefts that had baffled investigators.

The accused have been identified as Pramod Singh Nath and Prince Singh, who are related as father-in-law and son-in-law. Prince Singh, a native of Bihar, was staying at his father-in-law's...