Tag: Athgarh

Cuttack: The ongoing political rivalry between two groups took a violent turn after a youth was chased and attacked with sharp weapons by his opponents at Sasang village of Gurudijhatia in Athgarh on Monday. The youth Shivaram Rout was attacked by four to five miscreants of the same village, minutes after he had left home […]

Bhubaneswar: On a day when Odisha police laid out plans to make educational institutions ‘crime free’ zones, an incident of a girl student being molested inside a classroom in Athgarh in Cuttack couldn’t have proved more shocking. The incident was reported from SST College in Gurudijhati under Cuttack rural police limits on Tuesday. The victim, […]

Athgarh: Panic gripped the locality after five human skulls were recovered from a garbage dump near Nuapatna Sri Jagannath spinning mill complex under Tigiria police limits in Athgarh of Cuttack district on Tuesday. The skulls were stuffed inside a gunny bag and were found by a few villagers who then reported the local police. It […]

Athgarh: A family was allegedly beaten up and later ostracised by villagers at Kumarpur under Gurudijhatia police station here in Cuttack district for not taking part in a rally held in Bhubaneswar recently to protest elimination of subsidy on cooking gas. According to an FIR filed by Babaji Padhan, a local BJD leader Ranjan Acharya […]

Cuttack: Instances of kangaroo court justice continue to surface in Odisha with another such shocking incident being reported from a village in Athgarh here wherein a family has been ostracised for running into the Sarpanch’s son’s vehicle. Other villagers have been threatened to be fined Rs 5,000 if they talk to the members of the […]

Athgarh: A herd of elephants created a flutter on Athgarh-Mundali road near Dalakhai temple in Cuttack district paralysing traffic for more than an hour on Wednesday afternoon. Around 15 jumbos stood ground near the temple preventing commuters to pass the road. The animals also reportedly damaged a bike and chased people. Some locals informed the […]

Cuttack: A self-styled godman was detained on Thursday for allegedly raping a minor girl in Baulanga village under Tigiria police limits. The self-proclaimed godman Ramesh Nayak was staying in the village as a house husband while his in-laws have accused him for sexually assaulting niece last night. Also Read: ‘Red Flag’ tag for minor rape […]

Athgarh: In a chilling reminder of the ghastly Nirbhaya gang-rape case in New Delhi that shook the conscience of the entire nation, the driver and conductor of a bus have been arrested for abducting, raping, murdering and later dumping her body in Mahanadi river here in Cuttack district. The mystery behind the death of the […]

Athgarh: The blood stained body of a youth was found on the roadside near Tarasingh village in Athgarh this morning. According to sources, a gunshot wound is seen on the hand of the youth. Moreover, empty cartridge is also seen at the crime scene. Given the circumstantial evidences, sources expect that the youth has been […]

Athgarh: A decomposed carcass of a tusker was recovered from the Hatimundia Hill jungle within the Khuntuni forest range of Athgarh today. The tusker is said to be around 25 years old. According to sources, the trunk of the tusker was found chopped. As per preliminary investigation, it is suspected that the elephant was killed […]

Athagarh: Two elephants were found dead here on Sunday morning. According to reports, the bodies of a female elephant and its calf were found between Pushupangi and Chhashiapata under Athagarh forest division area in Cuttack district. The calf was found lying at around 1 km from the place where the female elephant lay dead. On […]

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths today raided houses of Phulbani mines officer and Athgarh cooperative society secretary in separate cases. The vigilance team conducted raids at nine places, including the ancestral house of mines officer Prafulla Sethy. Cash worth lakhs has been seized from his house at GGP colony area in Bhubaneswar. Properties worth over Rs 5 […]

Badamba: An under-trial prisoner (UTP) died at Athagarh sub divisional hospital on Sunday morning. Report said the deceased Abhaya Pradhan (45) was arrested and lodged in Badamba Jail on March 9 in connection with a dowry torture case. On Sunday morning, he complained about acute chest pain to the jail authorities who admitted him to […]

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday arrested Athgarh divisional forest officer (DFO) Sudhansu Mishra from whom properties worth Rs six crore, disproportionate to his known source of income was seized yesterday. Vigilance officials said Mishra has been remanded to judicial custody for 15 days. “Since it is a clear matter of disproportionate of assets, a case […]

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday detected properties worth Rs six crore including gold ornaments weighing about 500 grams in the possession of a senior forest department officer. The properties, disproportionate to the known sources of income of Sudhansu Mishra, the divisional forest officer (DFO), Athagarh, Cuttack, were detected during simultaneous raids, Vigilance officials said. Besides […]