Crime News Updates

Berhampur: A 75-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by his son over property dispute at Samarjhol village under Hinjilicut police limits of Ganjam district today. The accused identified as A Dibakar has been arrested by police. According to sources, Dibakar who works in a steel company at Nagpur in Maharashtra had come to his […]

Boudh/Raygada: Incidents of sexual assault on minor girls continue to rise in Odisha with two more cases being reported from Boudh and Rayagada districts today. According to reports, two youths were arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a minor girl at Bapuji Nagar in Boudh town today. The accused duo identified as Tuku Kumbhar of […]

Phulbani: Police today arrested a youth for allegedly raping a girl on the Sarangad High School hostel premises in Kandhamal district on Saturday evening. The incident came to light after the rape survivor and family members lodged an FIR at Sarangad police station yesterday. The accused has been identified as Achyutananda Sahoo of PurunaSahi, Sarangad […]

Balasore: A youth from West Bengal is now behind bars for allegedly trying to steal cash by breaking the SBI’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) on Jaleswar railway station premises. According to reports, the accused identified as Subodh Ray of Kumursal village in the neighbouring State entered the ATM kiosks Saturday night. Sources said Ray had […]

Bhawanipatna: After almost eight months of investigation, the Koksara police claimed to have cracked the murder case of Ganpati Majhi of Aainli village in Kalahandi district with the arrest of four persons on Saturday. Dharmagarh Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) SN Satpathy, in a press conference yesterday informed that Ganpati was murdered over his alleged […]

Surat: Surat Crime Branch Saturday arrested Pramod Sahu who was wanted in connection with 2017 gang rape incident which took place in Gopalpur area of Ganjam district. Sahu was nabbed basing on a tip-off from Odisha police regarding his presence in Surat, police sources said. Confirming the development, Surat SP JK Pandya informed that the […]

Baripada: The body of a minor girl, missing since yesterday was recovered from a forest near Gurudabasa village under Betnoti of Mayurbhanj district early this morning. It is being suspected that the Class IV girl was raped and subsequently murdered, police sources said. A youth, identified as Jami Kanta Mahanta of the same village has […]

Kendrapara: After a brief lull, yet again obscene pictures of a college girl surfaced on social media after she was sexually assaulted by unidentified miscreants near Pentha Sea Beach in Rajnagar area of Kendrapara district. The matter came to light after the family of the girl lodged a complaint with the Rajnagar police Friday night. […]

Soro: A woman of Kamarapur area under Soro police limits in Balasore has leveled allegations of sexual assault against a man for luring her into physical relationship with false promises of marriage. What’s more shocking is the accused, identifed as Sangram Murmu of Saraguna village under Rasagobindapur block of Mayurbhanj district, happens to be a […]

Angul: In yet another incident of sexual assault against minor girls, a 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man at Khantapasi village under Pallahara block in Angul district Thursday. The accused, identified as Guru Badra of nearby Barihamunda village, has been arrested by police. The incident came to the fore after the survivor along […]

Angul/Deogarh: In a set of two separate bizarre incidents, three persons including a couple were killed by their sons in separate incidents in the State last night. In Angul, a man and wife were beaten to death by his son Dukhishyam Baghar in Barapadar village under Kishorenagar police limits in Angul district. Police have detained […]

Balasore: Police arrested two persons and detained two women in Nahanjara village under Singala police limits in Balasore on charges of running a prostitution racket. According to reports, one Manoranjan Pradhan was allegedly carrying out the illegal flesh trade from his house in the village since long. Villagers alleged that Manoranjan was also involved in […]

Angul: Four unidentified miscreants allegedly looted Rs 10 lakh from a cement dealer at gun point near Gangaram Chhak in Athamallik town of Angul district in wee hours on Thursday. The incident occurred when cement dealer Mahesh Agarwal had just opened his shop at around 4.30 am today. The four miscreants entered Agarwal’s shop on […]

Sonepur: A 40-year-old man, identified as Jayant Das, was shot dead while he was sleeping in his house at Binika in Subarnapur district last night. As per sources, Das was sleeping keeping the door of his house open due to power cut, when an unidentified miscreant barged inside, opened fire at him and fled the […]

Kendrapara: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and impregnated by her paternal uncle and cousin brother in Pattamundai area of Kendrapara district. The matter came to light after the survivor, now seven-months pregnant, lodged an FIR at the Pattamundai police station on Wednesday. The minor girl had left studies after the death of her mother […]