Crime News Updates

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, […]

Berhampur: A woman has brought allegations against a junior doctor of the MKCG Medical College here that he cheated her on the pretext of marriage and has now absconded. The woman, who is pregnant now, filed a complaint at the Mahila police station. As per the complainant’s report, the doctor Jyoti Ranjan Mohapatra befriended the […]

Baripada: A person who allegedly duped Lakhs of rupees in the name of providing employment and loan was nabbed from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and handed over to Baripada police today. According to reports, the accused, Sanjib Kumar Chowdhury opened a non-banking organisation named ‘Ujjwal Odisha’ where he duped around 30 people in the pretext of […]

Odisha Crime Branch concluded that a fire incident had occurred at the government quarters of deceased ACF Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra 

Niali: The elusive ‘mysterious animal’ continues to give sleepless nights to villagers and forest department officials here with two more sheep reportedly killed on Sunday night at Olansa village. On the other hand, no wild animal was caught in the trap laid by Forest Department last night. Awareness drive has been undertaken by forest officials […]

Cuttack: A mutilated body of a woman was found inside her house at Bangali Sahi near Shelter Chhak in Cuttack here on Sunday morning. According to sources, the incident took place around 4 am today after the woman was attacked allegedly over a land dispute. The deceased, an unmarried, has been identified as Nilima Saha(40). […]

Sundergarh: Decomposed dead body of a college going girl, suspected to have been raped and murdered, was recovered from a haystack in Malipada village under Lefripada police limits of Sundargarh district yesterday. Deceased identified as Rasmita Meher, resident of Tikilipada village under Hemagiri police limits of the district, had gone missing since 20 June. A […]

Bhubaneswar/ Sundargarh: A youth was arrested on Friday for allegedly making a fake Facebook account of one of his friends, a girl, and posting ‘indecent remarks’ along with her mobile phone number. The accused identified as Binay Kumar has been arrested under sections 66 (c) and 67 of the Information Technology Act and under section […]

Bolangir: A father and daughter were reportedly killed when lightning struck them in Chingerbandh village under Patnagarh block of Bolangir district on Thursday. According to reports, while working on agricultural field, the father and daughter died on the spot after being struck by lightning. Both were moved to Patnagarh hospital, where the doctor in-charge pronounced […]

Rayagada: In yet another case of child trafficking, nine minor girls were rescued by volunteers of Child Helpline with the help of Railway Protection Force (RPF) at the Rayagada railway station here on Wednesday. According to sources, most of the girls belong to Kolnara and Ramnaguda blocks of the district and were allegedly being taken […]

Bhanjanagar: A man allegedly fed poison to his two-month old daughter at Dihapadhala here in Ganjam district. The accused is reportedly a mentally challenged person. The infant has been admitted to Bhanjanagar sub-divisional hospital. Her condition is stated to be critical. The incident took place in absence of other family members in the house. “My […]

Paralakhemundi: Vigilance officials today raided the houses of the senior clerk of Gumma block education office in Gajapati district on the allegation of acquisition and possession of property disproportionate to his known source of income. The Vigilance teams conducted the raid in four different places simultaneously, including his residence at Paralakhemundi, in-law’s house and two […]

Cuttack: Notorious gangster Mohammad Sakil and his two aides involved in various criminal cases in the twin cities and nearby areas have been brought here following their arrest on Saturday from Karempudi area of Guntur district in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. The police are likely to take the trio on remand for questioning them on […]

Nayagarh: The missing of two students of Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Nayagarh took a new turn after police revealed that they were detained by Chauliaganj police in Cuttack over some cases. The Commissionerate Police raided a place near the college to arrest Anil Sahoo against whom several cases are pending at Chauliaganj police station. […]

Jajpur: A six-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants at Baragadia under Kalinga Nagar police limits in the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Suraj Choudhury, son of Soham. A resident of Bihar Soham sells gupchup in Jajpur road. He found his son lying in a pit near Baragadia village […]