Tag: Sting Operation

Sting operation on BJD MLAs: Centre writes to Assembly Speaker for action

Bhubaneswar: The Centre today wrote to the Odisha Assembly Speaker demanding action against the four BJD MLAs caught in a sting operation earlier in August last year. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has written the letter to the speaker asking him to ensure action against the four erring MLAs. On the other hand, ruling […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Sting operation impact: VIMSAR doctor suspended

Sambalpur: Doing private practice proved costly for Associate Professor Gautam Satpathy, who was placed under suspension for dereliction of duty here on Monday. The suspension order came after Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) Director Ashwini Pujahari had caught Satpathy treating patients privately at his residence in a sting operation on […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
VIMSAR doc brings regional disparage charge against director

Sambalpur: A day after being exposed while doing private practice, Associate Professor Goutam Kumar Satpathy of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) here today levelled allegation of regional disparage against institute director Aswini Kumar Pujahari who had conducted a sting operation against him. “He (Pujahari) yelled at me saying that you […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
VIMSAR director exposes another doctor engaged in private practice

Sambalpur: Another doctor of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla has been caught in a sting operation by the institute’s Director Aswini Kumar Pujahari while treating patients at home during his duty hours. According to sources, Pujahari had inquired about Associate Professor Goutam Kumar Satpathy from Department of Orthopedic Surgery […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore seized, 1 held in Balasore

Balasore: In a major breakthrough, Central Excise and Intelligence and Enforcement Bureau and Balasore unit seized brown sugar weighing around 1kg and arrested a drug peddler Sk Rafik (28) here on Sunday. The crackdown came after OTV in a sting operation had exposed rampant narcotics trade that was flourishing in Balasore district due to unbridled […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Balasore, Odisha’s narcotic haven: OTV Exclusive

Bhubaneswar: Thanks to an unbridled nexus between dealers and corrupt officials, illicit narcotics trade is now flourishing in Odisha’s Balasore district with ‘Brown sugar’, a crude form of heroin being the easiest commodity to be available in the open market here. The synthetic drug is being smuggled into Balasore by several peddlers from neighbouring West […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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MLAs caught on camera: Vigilance raids news web channel's office, camera man's house

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Two days after the chief minister ordered the State vigilance to probe into the sting operation in which four BJD MLAs were caught demanding money from industrialist, the anti-graft agency today conducted simultaneous raids in Bhubaneswar and Balasore and seized some documents. A team led by vigilance SP raided the office of India 24×7 […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Sting on BJD MLAs: Tainted legislators file FIR

Bhubaneswar: The controversy surrounding four BJD MLAs asking for bribe from an undercover person posing as an industrialist to help set up industries in their respective constituencies took a new turn with the four tainted MLAs appearing before the police to file FIRs alleging that the sting operation is only a conspiracy to tarnish their […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Sting on 4 BJD MLAs: Vigilance forms 5 teams

Cuttack: The State Vigilance today formed five teams to probe the sting operation aired on a news channel that showed four BJD MLAs asking for hefty bribes from an undercover person posing as an industrialist to help set up industries in their respective constituencies. Talking to media persons here, Vigilance Director RP Sharma said five […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Sting on 4 BJD MLAs: CM orders Vigilance probe

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today ordered a Vigilance probe into the sting operation aired on a news channel that showed four BJD MLAs asking for hefty bribes from an undercover person posing as an industrialist to help set up industries in their respective constituencies. “I have ordered a Vigilance inquiry into the entire […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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MP reporter who said sand mafia after him run over by truck

Bhind (MP): A television journalist who had complained about threats to his life after he carried out a sting operation on illicit sand mining was today mowed down by a truck, officials said. Sandeep Sharma, who worked for a local news channel, had told the district administration he feared he could be killed by the […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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OTV Exclusive: Rampant Flesh Trade In Odisha Exposed 

Balasore: Amidst rise in footfall in tourism season, a sting operation has exposed rampant flesh trade in several areas of Balasore district raising questions over the role of police in the matter. As per the exclusive report by OTV, several sex rackets involving pimps and girls especially from West Bengal have been found running in hotels and […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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