Crime News Updates

Balasore: In a case of one-sided love, a girl sustained serious injuries after a man allegedly attacked her with a blade for refusing his marriage proposal in Soro of Balasore district here on Wednesday. According to sources, the incident occurred near Ashram Chhak in Soro when the girl was intercepted by the accused, Sheikh Zakir, […]

Khurda: Police officials foiled a highway robbery bid, arresting five inter-district highway robbers from NH-16 near Ugratara temple in the district on Tuesday. The arrested, identified as Mohammed Arif, Jamshed Shah, Mohammed Rijuam, Tukuna Behera and Muna Sahu, reportedly operated in Khurda, Puri and Nayagarh districts and are alleged to be involved in around 12 […]

Dhenkanal: A minor boy was allegedly beaten black and blue by the villagers in Jiridimali under Kamakhyanagar police limits after he was caught stealing from a shop here on Monday. As per the sources, the villagers complained of theft from a shop near Jiridimali Chhak on Saturday night. Later, they somehow managed to nab the […]

Bolangir: A high tension electric wire today snapped accidentally and fell on five women labourers killing three of them and leaving two others critically injured at Ganapalli village in the district today. The incident took place when the workers were engaged in planting paddy saplings in a field. The 11 kv wire passing over the […]

Rairangpur: A day after bodies of two children were found in a forest near Jhipabandha village here in Mayurbhanj district, decomposed body of their mother was traced in the same forest today. Two youths who were detained over suspicion of killing the trio have confessed to the crime before police. The youths admitted that they […]

Jeypore: Tension prevailed in Gaganapur village under the Jeypore Sadar police limits after two persons were killed in a clash between two families over a land dispute here in Koraput district on Sunday. The deceased brothers have been identified as Hiran Bag and Laxman Bag of Nandaguda village. According to sources, the villagers of Gaganapur […]

Udala: On suspicion of being a child abductor, locals tied and thrashed a man in Nabara village under Udala police limits of Mayurbhanj district on Friday night. According to locals, Sailesh Patra was seen offering sweets to a minor girl at around 4 pm yesterday. He was trying to lure her but escaped after seeing […]

Cuttack: Six unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at the houses of two people in Prasanga village under Niali police limits here late on Friday night. According to sources, the incident occurred at around 2am when six bike-borne criminals hurled bombs at the villagers’ houses and managed to flee the spot soon after committing the crime. No […]

Jharsuguda: Tension ran high in Jharsuguda after locals blocked the NH-49 protesting the death of a person in a road accident here on Friday. According to sources, the incident took place today morning when a truck coming along the NH-49 hit a person at Khaliamala Chhak killing him on the spot. Irate over this, the […]

Rourkela: A woman was allegedly kidnapped and gang raped by three persons in a forest under Bisra police limits here on Thursday. According to sources, the woman was working in a field when she was abducted and taken to a nearby forest where the three accused allegedly committed the heinous act. Later, they dumped her […]

Rairangpur: A one-sided love affair today turned tragic after a youth stabbed and slit throat of a girl following her rejection of his marriage proposal at Sana Kuleibira village under Jamada police limits here in Mayurbhanj district today. Grievously injured, the woman has been admitted to Rairangpur health centre. The accused, Krushna Chandra Satpathy of […]

Puri: A man was found murdered by unidentified miscreants at Koilada square on Puri-Brahmagiri road in the district on Monday night. The deceased, identified as Biswa Ranjan Mohanty alias Kalia of Khadipada village, has severe injury marks on hands and neck. Police suspected the miscreants threw the body on road after hacking him to death. Family members […]

Khruda:  Commissionerate police, arrested a man for allegedly killing wife over dowry from Badagada area on Friday . The accused identified as Sukanta Behera, resident of Parakana village under Satyabadi police station limits of the district was arrested basing on a complaint lodged by father and brother of deceased. As per the complaint, Sukanta had […]

Balasore: The Vigilance team arrested three Panchayat Executive Officers (PEO) of Balasore district on Thursday on charges of corruption. The three PEOs include a Gram Panchayat Technical Assistant (GPTA) of Antara panchayat under Simulia Block named Dilip Kumar Das, PEO Muralidhara Sen and PEO of Aruhabado panchayat under Bahanaga block, Mangala Singh. According to reports, […]

Bhubaneswar: Miscreants allegedly looted Rs 3.5 lakh from a petrol pump worker inside the Bank of India located near Rasulgarh Chhak on Thursday. Sources said the petrol pump worker had gone to the bank along with a bag containing Rs 3.5 lakh cash for deposit purpose. Placing the bag on a chair inside the bank, […]