Tag: Rishi Death

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Wednesday submitted a report on the investigation into the death of engineering student Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi to the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). In the report, the police have mentioned that Rishi died due to intake of excess alcohol and drug overdose. However, the police have claimed that no […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate police on Sunday seized the mobile phone of deceased Ashutosh Mohanty (Rishi), whose death is still shrouded in mystery after a sex clip, allegedly possessed by him is believed to be the cause of his death. Police said the phone will be sent for forensic test. “In course of inquiry, we have […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Opposition parties have remained adamant in demand of strict action against Bhubaneswar Mayor Anant Narayan Jena over his alleged involvement in the sex video clip and its link with engineering student Rishi Mohanty’s death, the investigating sleuths today recorded statements of a woman and her mother under section 161 of CrPC […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of model code of conduct issued by the State Election Commission for upcoming panchayat polls, Congress on Thursday cancelled its plan to gherao block offices across the State on Friday demanding ouster of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena. Talking to newsmen, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan, […]

Bhubaneswar: Demanding resignation of city Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena and a CBI probe into the death of engineering student Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi and the sex scandal video, the Mahila Congress staged a demonstration in front of the BMC office here today. While the Congress Bhubaneswar District Committee has been sitting on a dharna in […]

Bhubaneswar: Niankhunta.com chief Pradeep Pandey and Odisha Student Congress president Itishree Pradhan today criticised the commissionerate police for failing to record their statements even after summoning them for two times in connection with Rishi’s death and its alleged link with the sex video tape. The duo, who had come to the Capital police station on […]

Bhubaneswar: The investigating officer probing into the much-talked-death incident of engineering student Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi questioned three more friends of him at Khandagiri police station here on Sunday. According to sources, the investigating officer questioned the trio about what they know about the mysterious death of Rishi. “We don’t know much about Rishi’s girl […]

Bhubaneswar: The Rishi death case today took a new twist when two friends of the deceased revealed there are links between the loss of life of their buddy and the viral sex scandal video which has put the political circle in the State on boil in recent past. One of the friends of Rishi covering […]

Bhubaneswar: The political situation over the sex scandal video and death of engineering student Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi is getting murkier by the day. While the BJP-sponsored Bhubaneswar bandh led to a scuffle between the BJD and the saffron party activists yesterday, the BIP would gherao the DGP office in Cuttack today protesting against the […]

Bhubaneswar: Scuffles were ensued between the activists of Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) and BJP at Ram Mandir square and again at Master Canteen here as two parties hit the streets to oppose each other today. Police commissioner YB Khurania and DCP Satyabrat Bhoi rushed to the spot and intervened into the matter. As per […]

Bhubaneswar: The Rajmahal square here today turned into a virtual battleground after the activists of Congress’ youth and Student wings clashed with police as they were prevented from proceeding towards the residence of BMC Mayor Anant Narayan Jena in demand of a CBI probe into the alleged links of city Mayor with the death of […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the kin demanded re-investigation into the death of Ashutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, the commissionerate police, which registered case as an unnatural death, has formed a special team to probe the mysterious death of the engineering student. The team will be headed by ACP (zone-3) Tapan Patnaik. All friends of the deceased’s, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has sought report from the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Bhubaneswar in the matter of the death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, a B. Tech Student. OHRC’s acting chairperson B K Mishra called for a report from the DCP within three weeks about the progress of the investigation […]

By Sandeep Sahu Ah, the sheer helplessness of the hapless citizen! The man who arrived in the state capital in the morning after a long-distance, all-night bus journey only to find that there are no taxis or auto rickshaws around to take him to his destination.The family that alighted from the train after a long […]