Crime News Updates

Puri: A youth was brutally hacked to death by unidentified miscreants allegedly over past rivalry at Dhipajagar Jagannath colony under Puri Town police limits late Thursday night. The deceased has been identified as Maheswar Martha. Sources said, nearly five armed miscreants attacked Maheswar with sharp weapons after calling him out of his house. Maheswar, who […]

Angul: An Under Trial Prisoner(UTP) escaped from police custody while he was being produced before Angul court for hearing in connection with the murder of four persons. The undertrial inmate Jhasketan Rout escaped soon after snatching a mobile phone of one of the constables, sources said. According to reports, Jhasketan was arrested for his involvement […]

Nabarangpur: A student of class eight was allegedly abducted and raped by two youths when she was on her way to answer nature’s call at the Sanmari village, on Wednesday. As per the complaint filed by the survivor at the Nabarangpur Town Police Station here, two youth intercepted her and forcefully carried her away to […]

Bhubaneswar: In a new turn of events after the half-burnt body of one Unmay Padhi was recovered in Kuakhai area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Commissionerate Police today revealed that the deceased was not murdered rather he had committed suicide. Such revelation has now put an end to the speculations which were triggered after a […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when senior police officials are gearing up to launch awareness drives to put a check on sexual abuse of minor girls, such incidents continue surface from different parts of the State. Rape of four minor girls including a mentally-challenged was reported from Salepur, Cuttack and Balasore today. In Cuttack, a minor […]

A special court in Bhubaneswar awarded 10 years imprisonment under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, to accused Gajendra Buxi for raping a minor girl in 2016. Buxi had raped a minor girl in the Chandaka area in Bhubaneswar and was subsequently arrested by police in 2016. In another incident,

Balasore/Bhadrak: A complaint has been filed against a private firm for duping depositors of crores of rupees in Balasore and Bhadrak districts. People of Bhaskarganj and Soro in Balasore and Bhadrak have brought such allegations against a firm – Hi-Tech Regional Cooperative, which started operations in the area in 2011. As per the complaint filed […]

Khurda: While companies are coming up with a slew of measures to protect customers from fraud during online shopping, people are still falling prey to fraudsters. In such a case, a person from Khurda in Odisha recently has become a soft target for fraudsters. Dashrathi Nayak of Nalipara of Arjunpur under Khurda Town Police Station […]

Seseni mentioned in the FIR that if the escort would not have resorted to firing, Hyder would have killed the escort party members.

  Balasore: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted gold and silver ornaments from two Shiva temples at Sabira village under Soro police limits in Balasore district on Sunday night. As per reports, the miscreants entered the temple premises after breaking down the main door and decamped with the ornaments. The theft was detected by the priest who […]

Bhubaneswar: Choosing the Biju Patnaik International Airport to smuggle gold proved costly for three NRIs from Kuala Lumpur who arrived here today.  All the three were detained by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials and 5 kgs gold worth Rs 1.82 crore was seized from their possession. They are being interrogated. Acting on a tip-off, […]

Sonepur: Birmaharajpur police busted a fake currency note racket and arrested three persons, including the prime accused, in Sonepur district today. Counterfeit notes worth Rs 42,500 were seized from their possession. The arrested have been identified as the main accused Rajesh Kumar Sahoo of Gudvelipadar in Sonepur district and his two associates Sarbeswar Mishra of […]

Balasore: The district police seized ganja weighing 2 quintals from a car at Seragada toll plaza in Balasore district late last night. Two persons -including driver of the vehicle Muktikanta Nayak and his associate Rehman Khan have been arrested in this connection. Acting on a tip-off, Khantapada police intercepted an Innova car heading towards Balasore […]

Cuttack: Police today arrested a man for allegedly misleading the cops by registering a fake complaint for being looted of Rs 27 lakh on March 31 last month. Briefing the media in a press conference today, Cuttack DCP Akhileswar Singh informed that the complainant himself had masterminded the fake loot. The prime accused Nalinikant Tripathy […]

The post mortem on the body of slain gangster SK Hyder was conducted at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) at Balasore on Sunday