Tag: Rishi

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police, which is investigating into the much-talked-about death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student, today said that they might call BMC Mayor Anant Narayan Jena for interrogation. Sources in the Commissionerate Police said that on the basis of the allegations by the Student Congress, statement by three friends of Rishi […]

Bhubaneswar: The much-talked-about death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student, took a new turn this evening after the commissionerate police recorded the statement of three friends. According to reports, three friends of Rishi came to the office of the city DCP in the evening where the investigating officer (IO) recorded their statement under […]

Bhubaneswar: Probing into the death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student who died on May 6 this year, the commissionerate police today said they have received the post mortem and the viscera reports of the deceased. “We have received post mortem and the viscera reports of the deceased. We will consult the doctors […]

Bhubaneswar: Deceased Rishi Mohanty’s friend, who had claimed yesterday there is a ‘link’ between the sex clip and the death of Rishi, on Monday said that his life is at risk. He had revealed to media that his friend’s death is ‘directly’ linked to the video which was uploaded by a news website and got […]

Bhubaneswar: The commissionerate police today interrogated four more friends of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student, in connection with his death in May this year. Since allegations have been made that the death of Rishi is closely linked to the sex video which was recently circulated in the social media, police are looking into […]

Bhubaneswar: Stung by criticism from all quarters for their tardy and slipshod investigation into the much-talked about case relating to the death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student, with the alleged involvement of BMC Mayor Anant Naryan Jena, the Commissionerate Police today said they are under no pressure in conducting investigation into the […]

Bhubaneswar: After keeping the investigation into the death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student, under wraps for over six months, the commissionerate police have reopened the case with a fresh investigation. While police had interrogated three friends of Rishi yesterday, another friend Subham Das was interrogated by the police. Talking to media persons […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging the complicity of BMC Mayor Anant Narayan Jena in the death of Ashutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student, the BJP today gave a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk Bhubaneswar bandh call on Wednesday. Announcing the decision at a press briefing here, Bhubaneswar District BJP President Harekrushna Khuntia said no vehicles in the city will be […]

Bhubaneswar: While resentment in the political circles is brewing over the alleged involvement of BMC Mayor Anant Narayan Jena in connection with the mysterious death of Rishi, an engineering student, and an immoral act shown in a video clipping which is circulated in the social media, attempts made by the former to counter the charge […]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the alleged involvement of BMC Mayor Anant Jena in the mysterious death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student of Centurion University, and a sex scandal, the BJP today decided to intensify its agitation. Briefing media persons here, BJP state general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan said while the issue of […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) mayor Ananta Narayan Jena was dragged into a sex tape controversy, commissionerate police on Friday sent notice to Itish Pradhan, state chief of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and Pradip Pandi, head of a news website in connection with the case. Police said, the notice was […]

Bhubaneswar: The Student Congress here on Thursday demanded the resignation of Ananta Narayan Jena, the mayor of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) alleging his involvement in a sex tape which has gone viral in social networking sites. The three and half minute video uploaded in the social networking site shows three persons in an intimate moment […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging that the Odisha government is shielding Bhubaneswar Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena in the sex clip scandal and the death of an engineering student, BJP today sought intervention of Governor S C Jamir. “We urge you to intervene and ensure removal of the mayor of Bhubaneswar city for a clean and transparent probe into […]

  By Sandeep Sahu The death of engineering student Rishi Mohanty in May this year and its alleged link with the sex tape that has been the talk of the town for nearly a week now is getting murkier by the day. On Thursday, two friends of Rishi, their faces covered, asserted before television cameras […]

By Sandeep Sahu Nothing sells like sleaze. But when sleaze combines with crime and politics, it makes for an explosive concoction. And that is precisely what we have been witnessing for four days at a stretch now. The sex video allegedly featuring BJD leader and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena and its […]