India, May 22 -- In a drive against antisocials in Odisha's silk city Berhampur, police arrested 12 persons and seized 6 pistols,12 ammunitions and many fatal weapons from them.

The accused persons were identified as Bhalu Samal (46), Lingaraj Samal (22), Satyaban Das (21), K Prasad Rao (29), Mantu Gouda (21), Rakesh Padhi (25), Partha Das (22), Ranjan Nayak (26), Ashok KUmar Panigrahy (30), Tuna Nayak (28), Sangham Panigrahy (27) and Ajit Sethi (26).

While Bhalu alias Lagen Samal, Lingaraj alias Rinku, Satyaban alias Naka and K Prasad are residents of Bada Bazar area, Mantu, Rakesh alias Rocky, Partha alias Bajarangi and Ranjan are from Berhampur Sadar police station area, Ashok, Tuna and Sangham alias Siba are from Nimakhandi polic...