Crime News Updates

Even though the Odisha government recently honoured journalists as Frontline warriors in the ongoing battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, it seems the State police have forgotten its responsibility of providing protection to the scribes at this hour of crisis. 

A family feud took an ugly turn after a man allegedly killed his sister-in-law by slitting her throat before raping his mother-in-law in Keonjhar district of Odisha.

Rout allegedly ran over his car on one puppy of June 3 and the next day he killed another four puppies and another injured while the stray animals were eating food from the roadside by running over his vehicle.

Based on a written complaint at the Kaptipada Police Station by his family members, three persons have been arrested from Khunta area in Mayurbhanj district on Saturday late night.

The special squad of Odisha police arrested a gang rape accused from Nayagarh district who had been absconding for the past seven years. 

Sambalpur: The Town Police on Monday arrested three persons for posing as doctors and cheating thousands of rupees on pretext of providing medicines to an attendant of a cancer patient. The incident, that happened Sunday night, was reported from Sambalpur Sadar Hospital premises. As per sources, one Jitendra Nayak of Chhendipada area went to a […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major turn of events in the Pipili gang rape and murder case of 2011, the Bhubaneswar Additional District Judge today acquitted prime accused Prashant Pradhan and his brother Sukant due to lack of evidence against them. While three accused Prashant Pradhan, Guna Swain and Premananda Nayak were arrested one by one in […]

Kalahandi: At a time when the world was immersed in Ganesh Puja celebrations, a class IX girl student of Sirimaska UG High School under Thuamul Rampur block of the district was facing brutal assault by none other than her school headmaster. However, being threatened of dire consequences, she kept mum till recently when she vented […]

Berhampur: Instances of sexual violence against women and girl children continues unabated in Odisha as yet again a minor girl was allegedly abducted and gang raped by three youths near Golanthara area in Berhampur of Ganjam district. Though the incident happened on December 15 (Saturday), the matter came to fore after the family members lodged […]

Cuttack: In what could be just the tip of an iceberg, the Athagarh forest division officials, intensifying crackdown on illegal poaching of wild animals, Monday arrested a man from Patrabhaga village for his involvement in killing a leopard at Narasinghpur area one year ago. The officials also seized a gun and a leopard skin from […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when crime against women and girl children has been on a rise in the State, another heinous incident has come to light from the Capital city. A young woman was killed today after being set on fire allegedly by her in-laws for dowry at Gokanpur village under Nandankanan police limits in […]

Angul: A youth was critically injured after being shot at by unidentified miscreants near Santhapada village in Talcher here Saturday night. As per sources, the injured Balaram Sahu, identified as a resident of Parajanga area in Dhenkanal district, suffered bullet injuries on his chest and was rushed to SCB medical college and hospital in Cuttack. […]

Kalahandi: Almost seven months after the murder of one Suryakanti Behera of Pragati Nagar in Matigaon village under Junagarh police limits of the district, police today said the case has been cracked with the arrest of two persons. The incident had happened on February 18 earlier this year. What’s shocking is that during the course […]

Dhenkanal: Amid concerns of public over the safety of women and girl child in the State, an incident has come to fore from Dhenkanal district where a boy student of a residential college was allegedly sexually harassed by the head of the institution. The matter sent shockwaves in the area after the student knocked the […]

Gajapati: Two days after the bodies of two sisters were recovered from a well outside their house in R. Udayagiri here, police today made startling revelations claiming that it was a case of murder and not suicide. As per latest reports, police have arrested their parents on charges of murdering their daughters. The information was […]