Crime News Updates

Odisha Vigilance sleuths raided the house of an Asst Exec Engineer of the RWSS, Udala on Monday. The Engineer, Rabinarayan Panda was accused of amassing assets disproportionate to his known source of income.

According to Delhi police, Aftab Ameen Poonawalla and Shraddha were in a love relationship. However, Aftab strangled Shraddha to death after they had a fight on May 18 this year.

Subsequently, he chopped her body into 35 pieces and bought a fridge to keep the body parts. Later, over the next 18 days, he disposed of the body parts at various locations around Delhi at around 2 am.

Simultaneous raids were conducted in eight places linked to Panda including Bhubaneswar, Kendrapara and Udala.

According to sources, a five-member team of the national investigating agency is questioning the honey trap queen's father at its office to elicit more information about her modus operandi.

A team of Rajasthan Police on Saturday arrested a woman on the charges of cheating and blackmailing a businessman. The accused, Preeti Desai, was arrested with the help of Chandrasekhar police in Bhubaneswar.

At least six rare idols, believed to be more than a century-old, were reportedly stolen from Baldevjew Temple in Jajpur’s Dharmasala block. The matter came to the light after the priest opened the gates of the temple Saturday morning.

The accused, Preeti Desai, was arrested by Rajasthan Kotwali police team with assistance from the local Chandrasekhar police here in the capital city.

The incident, which occurred at IBS College in Shankarpally in Rangareddy district on November 1, came to light after a video of the assault went viral on social media.

Chiranjit Khilar, a resident of Mulisingh village under Soro police limits, used to run a sex trade through WhatsApp groups in Surat.

A day after ED intensified its action in Archana Nag case and picked up her associate, a Special Investigation Team took over the case on Friday. The SIT has sought details of all the illegal bank transactions of the lady blackmailer. Presided over by Justice Arijit Pasayat, the SIT has called for a meeting in this regard on November 13 in New Delhi.

The next SIT meet presided by Justice Arijit Pasayat will be held on November 13 in Delhi

The agency has seized Patra’s mobile phone and bank documents.

The girl went missing in January this year. However, an anonymous letter mailed to the family tipped off her murder.

The peddler arrested from near Khordha-Jatni bypass, has been identified as Rakesh Samantaray, alias Raka.  As per reports, the accused hails from Andharua under Ranapur Police limits in Nayagrah District.