Two dacoits, posing as female sex workers for three months to “honey-trap” night motorists on the NH12 near Nadia’s Ranaghat, were arrested early on Tuesday.
The police found two firearms, live ammunition, wigs and women’s clothing from Ranajit Patra and Dulal Sarkar, who cops said were part of a larger gang of dacoits.
Ranajit is a resident of Amdanga in North 24-Parganas, and Dulal of Kalyani in Nadia.
The duo were produced before a court in Ranaghat that remanded them in six days of police custody.
Sources said the team from Ranaghat police sprang into action late on Monday after a fresh case of dacoity was reported at Ghatigacha area, and spotted the culprits near a wooded area off the highway.
Dulal and Ranajit were nabbed and some others fled.
A police said that as part of the gang’s modus operandi one member dressed up as a woman to stop truck drivers and chat, and then the gang attacked and looted the victims.
