Crime News Updates

In a shocking incident, a man allegedly crushed her wife with a stone to death before taking his own life at Bedhachhelu village under Purushottampur police limits here in Ganjam district on Wednesday night.

A special squad of the Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested the miscreant who had attacked a young woman with a knife during a loot bid at Nayapalli VIP Colony in the Capital city on Sunday

As many as two persons were injured critically after armed miscreants opened fire indiscriminately at them during a loot bid at a jeweller’s house at Saudu village under Soro police limits in Balasore district on late  Tuesday night.

A special intelligence team of Excise department seized 138 gms of brown sugar and 15 liters of country liquor from two youths near Bonth square in Bhadrak on Tuesday.

The Commissionerate police today claimed to have busted a major fake TV manufacturing racket and arrested four people allegedly involved in the illegal activity at Pokhariput area in the city.

Incidents of cyber loots have increased considerably during the lockdown-shutdown period in Odisha in the last one month.

The Chief Warder of Jharpada special jail was suspended following the seizure of cannabis, mobile phones and other incriminating articles from prison cells on Saturday.

The Aul police in the district arrested a youth on Monday for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman patient admitted at the Community Health Centre (CHC) by posing as a doctor.

Crime continues unabated during the Covid-19 induced lockdown in the State Capital. In yet another instance of daylight crime, a miscreant attacked a woman with knife during a loot bid at Nayapalli VIP Colony of Bhubaneswar on Monday

The Chief Warder of Jharapada Special Jail in the Capital City was suspended on Sunday following the seizure of cannabis, mobile phones and other incriminating articles from prison cells

Days after her husband’s death, body of woman was found hanging in her home in Cherantapada village under Rajkanika block of Kendrapara district.

The Excise department has seized 24,000 litres fermented wash, 1,350 alcohol and a gun from the illegal factory.

Police on Saturday busted a huge cough syrup smuggling racket and took two persons into custody for questioning in this connection. Acting on a tip-off, police conducted inspection of vehicles in Tureikela area where they detected some unloading activities from a truck.

The matter came to the fore after the woman constable lodged a complaint in this regard at the Balasore Town Police Station on Friday.

A married woman was found hanging from the ceiling of her room at Rohigaan village here under Sadar police station in Ganjam district.