Crime News Updates

Shradhanjali Behera had moved the State’s apex court seeking anticipatory bail apprehending her arrest in the case.

The accused trio has confessed to their crime during questioning.

While an investigation into the matter to unearth the source of distribution of these fake medicines is in full swing, the Drug Controller has raised suspicion of the involvement of some officials from the department.

The robbery reportedly took place at around 8 pm on December 11.

Palpable tension prevailed after the doctor posted at the pediatric ward of Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College in Baripada allegedly molested a minor girl who had come for treatment on Monday night.

It is pertinent to mention here that Nag was earlier arrested on October 7 on charges of honey-trapping bigwigs and extorting money from them. The Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court in Bhubaneswar rejected her bail plea on October 17. 

After foul smell emanated from the borewell, locals informed the police which questioned Vittal, suspecting his role.

The officials of the Trust had duped Rs 4 crore from public and parents on the pretext of selling/supplying LED bulbs under the solar awareness program and pre-matric scholarship to the students under ‘Chuuloo Aasman’ scheme.

The recent victim is a director of a south-Delhi based security services company who received the shock of his life after losing Rs 50 lakh just to missed calls by the cyber fraudsters.

Moreover, the top court also ordered Bhubaneswar DCP to monitor the investigation of the case personally. Apart from that, the HC also barred the Inspector-in-Charge of Infocity Police Station from field posting and ordered to send him for training. 

Police on Sunday arrested a film producer on charges of stealing a concrete mixer machine from Khallikote area in Ganjam district. The arrested person has been identified as Supanshu Mohanty. Mohanty is a resident of Mehendi Nagar village under Kendrapara Sadar police limits.

A man identified as Sailendra Jena has been allegedly murdered over an extramarital affair with a woman in Nayagarh district.

Police have been claiming to have kept things under control, but the unabated spike in pickpockets and loots in Mo Bus has only kept the commuters on their toes

Before going on a seven-day remand, Archana had said that she was waiting for ED and would fully cooperate in the probe.

The deceased was in the habit of stealing goats from his neighbour Batakrushna Dehury’s goat pen.