Crime News Updates

Sambalpur: Police today arrested the key accused in the abduction of the 10-year-old boy, who had managed to escape from captivity in Kuchinda area of Sambalpur yesterday. The kidnapper identified as Niranjan Sunani had abducted the minor boy from Gundurchuan village and demanded a ransom of Rs 1 lakh. According to the police, Sunani kidnapped […]

Berhampur: A cook accused of stealing more than 1 kg gold and Rs 10 lakh cash from Berhampur was arrested by Odisha Police in Rajasthan today. The accused has been identified as Shravan who was working for a gold trader Jitendra Singh in Patra Sahi area under Bada Bazaar police limits of Ganjam district. According […]

Berhampur: A dreaded criminal Anant Kumar Macchua alias Mani suffered injuries on his right leg during an encounter with police near Gudidhepa in Khallikote of Ganjam district today. Macchua was initially admitted to a hospital in Khallikote and later shifted to MKCG Medical College & Hospital where he is currently undergoing treatment. The criminal is […]

Balasore: A group of miscreants allegedly assaulted a jewellery shop owner and stole his car in Anantapur area under Soro police limits of Balasore district. They later went to the shop owned by the jeweller and looted valuables including jewellery and cash worth lakhs of rupees. The incident took place yesterday night when the victim, […]

Mayurbhanj: Two jail warders were placed under suspension after an undertrial prisoner escaped while undergoing treatment at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital at Baripada today. The accused, identified as Kanhu Charan Marandi, was lodged at Baripada circle jail since November 25 after he was arrested in connection with a gangrape case. He was […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, Commissionerate Police arrested four members of a criminal gang and recovered cash worth Rs 40, 000, 25 mobile phones and two bikes from their possession. According to sources, all of them are residents of Jajpur and Ganjam and are involved in a number of crimes including the recent one in […]

Balasore: A man succumbed to his injuries after being attacked for barging inside the house of a youth who was allegedly having an affair with the former’s daughter in Raj Berhampur village under Nilagiri of Balasore. According to sources, the deceased identified as Bhalua Kabat, in an inebriated state attempted to attack the youth on […]

Khurda: A joint team of Begunia police and a special squad today detained three persons involved in the loot of Rs 60 lakh from the officials of a private finance company on November 8 in Khurda. According to sources, a cash bag containing Rs 27 lakh was recovered from the backyard of a house owned […]

Sambalpur: Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife in Hitsara village under Naktideul police limits in Sambalpur. The accused, identified as Chagala Sethi also confessed to have murdered his wife on October 30 in a nearby forest. The matter came to light after the decomposed body of the deceased woman identified as […]

EOW had registered an instant case based on the complaint filed by one Laxmi Narayan Mohapatra of Talcher.

A 10-year-old boy was allegedly hacked to death by a man in an inebriated state at a remote village in Kalahandi district. 

Rourkela: Police have arrested three persons for allegedly raping a minor girl in Rourkela. All the accused were arrested by Brahmani Tarang police based on the statement of the survivor who was rescued today near a school in a critical condition. While the survivor has been admitted to Ispat General Hospital, sources said that she […]

Sambalpur: In a firing incident, a man was shot at over past enmity at Budharaja daily market in Sambalpur today. As per reports, Mantu Podha, a vegetable seller was shot at his left leg by another person Siria Jena following which the former sustained injuries. While the victim was later admitted in the Sadar hospital, […]

Rourkela: A minor girl was allegedly gang raped in Ratnakhandi village under Bisra police limits of Sundergarh district yesterday. Police have arrested four persons in the case. According to sources, the four accused forcefully took the girl to a nearby forest while she was returning home and raped her. When the girl didn’t return home, […]

Bhubaneswar: Four unidentified miscreants looted cash and valuables from two businessmen after attacking them with sharp weapons near Durga Mandap in Bomikhal area of the capital city late last night. The businessmen have been identified as Manas Mallick and Sanjay Yadav. As per a complaint lodged by the duo, four miscreants intercepted them and looted […]