Crime News Updates

Rourkela: Police today busted a drug racket and arrested a woman drug peddler from Plant site area here. According to sources, a special squad of Plant site police station raided Minapada area and arrested one Narisa Khatun for being involved in drug trafficking business. Brown sugar worth Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1.66 lakh cash […]

Bhubaneswar:  A hearing-impaired minor girl  was allegedly raped by a 60-year-old in Mancheswar area of Bhubaneswar on Monday. The accused, identified as Arun Naik was arrested and forwarded to court on basis of a complaint filed by the minor girl. Naik is a resident of Purusottam slum, informed police. As per the complainant, Naik entered […]

Bolangir: A mob allegedly stripped a woman, tonsured and paraded her naked around Karakachia village near Loisingha of Bolangir district suspecting her of indulging in immoral acts. As per reports, four persons of the village had allegedly used filthy language against the woman on June 3 following which the matter was resolved in a village […]

Lanjigarh: A differently-abled minor girl of Bijepur village in Lanjigarh block of Kalahandi district was allegedly raped and impregnated by a youth on pretext of marriage. The youth identified as Rohi Das, working with a voluntary organisation in the district came in touch with the victim as part of his job. As per allegations, the […]

Puri: The Singhadwar police here on Sunday arrested a servitor on charges of sexually harassing a girl inside the Puri Srimandir. The accused identified as Santosh Kara, a Ballabha servitor of the shrine, was later produced before the Puri SDJM Court. As per the complaint, the accused touched the girl inappropriately near the Natya Mandap […]

  Balasore: A 28 -year-old girl sustained critical injuries after two youths allegedly threw acid on her at the Police Line Chhak under Sahdevkhunta police station in Balasore district today. The survivor was initially rushed to the Balasore District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) and later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack after […]

Angul: A thief was mercilessly beaten up after locals caught him red-handed while stealing at Dhipasahi-Tasara area under Jarapada police limits in Angul district on Saturday night. As per reports, the accused had managed to barge into the Dhipasahi-Tasara Primary School at around 10 pm yesterday. Locals caught the thief while he was trying to […]

Khurda: Fed up of facing repeated harassment and eve-teasing by a ‘stalker’, a college girl allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison under Balugaon police limits area in Khurda. Though the victim, a +3 student, was rushed to Balugaon and later shifted to Berhampur hospital in critical condition, she succumbed while undergoing treatment. According to sources, […]

Bhubaneswar: Police today arrested the owner of a beauty parlour and her associate for allegedly stealing a gold chain from a lady customer, who had gone for a haircut. According to reports, the victim identified as Anjushree Swain had gone to the beauty parlour located in Vani Vihar area of Bhubaneswar for a haircut. However […]

Koraput: Koraput Town Police on Saturday started investigation into a fraud to the tune of Rs 2 crore at Union Bank. Former branch manager Amrita Priyadarshini Patra is accused to have committed the fraud by issuing the amount as loan to several members of her family during the financial year 2016-17. The matter was recently […]

Phulbani: Continuing its crackdown on ganja smuggling, the Kandhamal police arrested two persons while they were smuggling the contraband items on two motorcycles in Gochhapada area of Kandhamal district last night. The cops also seized 70 kgs ganja and two bikes from their possession. Sources said the duo identified as Siddheswar Digal and Maharia Digal […]

Bhubaneswar: Body of a man was found under mysterious circumstances on premises of the Kapileshwar temple at Kanan Vihar here early this morning.The deceased identified as Dilip Parichha of Agarpada area in Bhadrak district was working as a security guard in a private company in Bhubaneswar. According to sources, locals spotted the body of Dilip […]

Jajpur: A teacher of a government-run school has been accused of outraging the modesty of a woman in Jajpur district of Odisha. As per the FIR, the accused was inebriated at the time of the incident and he works as an assistant teacher in a government-run school. The incident happened at Patapur village under Mangalpur […]

Sundergarh: It seems there is no stopping to incidents of crime against women and minors in the State as yet again a woman was allegedly gang raped by two persons under Town Police Station limits in Sundergarh district. According to sources, the incident occurred two days ago when two persons of nearby locality, identified as […]

Baripada: Police on Monday night arrested a man on charges of impersonating an IAS officer and marrying a woman at Damodarpur village under Khunta block in Mayurbhanj district. The accused identified as Rajat Panda of Tihidi area in Bhadrak district faked himself as IAS officer Lingaraj Panda posted in Sambalpur district and married the woman- […]