Crime News Updates

Jajpur: A man was arrested for allegedly killing his sister-in-law over a family feud at Iswarpur village in Jajpur district on Thursday. The accused, Chitaranjan, picked up a quarrel with his sister-in-law Madhusmita Mishra (wife of his elder brother) and hacked her to death in a fit of rage, said Jajpur Sub Divisional Police Officer […]

Kendrapara: Police today nabbed notorious criminal Pratap Sahu alias Bibhu, after an encounter near Bhagabanpur under Marshaghai block in the district. Acting on a tip off, a special squad of the district police along with personnel from the Korua outpost conducted raids at some places near Bhagabanpur. Finding police on the spot, the criminal opened […]

Balasore: Shocking as it may sound, but a man from Baliapal area in Balasore allegedly sold her wife to another man and later watched her getting raped. The accused reportedly sold his wife to another man of his own village. Sources said the man forcibly took his wife on the night of May 23 to […]

Cuttack: A minor girl was rescued in critical condition after she attempted suicide at her residence in Nischintakoili block of Cuttack district on Sunday.  The girl reportedly took the extreme step after being thrashed by her family for refusing to marry. The girl was rescued by locals who admitted her to the Nischintakoili hospital first […]

Malkangiri: In a major breakthrough, police on Sunday seized 1,500 kgs of Ganja worth nearly Rs two to three crore from a truck near Balimela in Malkangiri district. Sources said the contraband was illegally being smuggled to Nasik in Maharashtra from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. A joint team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Malkangiri district […]

Berhampur: Tension prevailed at Gate Bazar in Berhampur after locals thrashed seven persons suspecting them to be child lifters. According to sources, six people from Tamil Nadu were initially detained while they were roaming around in Gate Bazar area under Town Police Station on Saturday night. On finding them suspiciously moving around in the area, […]

Cuttack: It seems that the awareness campaigns on the rising sexual assaults against minor girls have fallen on deaf years as police today arrested a person on charges of attempting to rape a 12-year-old girl in Banki of Cuttack district. What was more shocking is that the accused happens to be the uncle of the […]

Keonjhar: In a daring daylight robbery, unidentified miscreants looted 40 kgs of silver and nearly 600 grams of gold ornaments from a jewellery shop located at Barbil daily market in the district here on Saturday. According to reports, two bike-borne miscreants looted the valuables soon after the owner of Maa Tarini jewellery store was arranging […]

Phulbani: A half-burnt body of a youth was recovered under mysterious circumstances from an isolated place near a petrol pump at Baliguda in Kandhamal district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Tapan Behera of Baragada village in Muniguda. Though the exact reason behind Tapan’s death is still unclear, it is suspected that he […]

Puri: A criminal was arrested after an exchange of fire by police at Kanti Nijigarh in Pipili area, police said on Saturday. The accused Sarbeshwar Behera has sustained a bullet injury on his leg and has been shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital after preliminary treatment here. Senior police officials informed several criminal cases […]

Bhanjanagar: Panic gripped A. Karadabadi panchayat under Buguda block of Ganjam district after son of the Sarpanch was shot at by unidentified miscreants in Soroda village on Friday night. As per sources, the eldest son of A. Karadabadi’s Sarpanch Khadali Pradhan, Saroj Kumar Pradhan, was sitting on the veranda of his house when some bike […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the authorities of Biju Patnaik International Airport lodged a complaint with Commissionerate Police regarding repeated harassment by ‘an unidentified caller’, Airfield police on Friday arrested the accused Basant Prusty from Nayagarh. Sources said, Prusty is beleived to have lost his mental stability after his wife deserted him. As a result, he […]

Kendrapara/Keonjhar: In yet another incident of sexual assault against minor girls, a seven-year-old girl of Derabish area in Kendrapara district was allegedly raped by a person of nearby Haladia village on May 23. The incident came to the fore after a complaint was lodged against accused Mihir Kumar Singh at the Derabish police station last […]

Bhubaneswar: Police today recovered bodies of a youth and a girl found hanging from a ceiling fan in a hotel room under Capital Police Station limits area in Bhubaneswar. Though the exact reason behind their death is yet to be ascertained, police suspect them to have committed suicide. As per preliminary reports, the deceased have […]

Bhubaneswar: Four days after busting a high-profile sex racket running at the H2O Spa centre in Bapuji Nagar area in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate Police today busted another prostitution racket running at a Spa centre in Nayapalli area here. Acting a tip-off, police raided the spa centre reportedly running from a rented house and rescued three […]