Crime News Updates

Nayagarh: A country-made pistol manufacturing unit was busted in Gopinathpur area of Nayagarh district today following which police have arrested one person. According to sources, the Nayagarh Police received a tip-off about manufacturing of country-made firearms at a factory located in Gopinathpur area. Following the lead, police raided the factory and recovered pistol-making equipment and […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, Mancheswar police today nabbed Babu Nayak, the prime accused in Patrapada bombing case in Bhubaneswar. According to reports, three ‘unidentified’ miscreants had lobbed bombs at multiple locations in Patrapada slum on December 19, 2018. According to sources, the entire act was captured in CCTV cameras and basing on footage police […]

Bolangir: Police on Monday nabbed dreaded criminal Krishna after an encounter near Tusura chhak in Bolangir yesterday. With injury on his left leg, the criminal was initially admitted to Saintala hospital and later shifted to Bolangir hospital. However, he was rushed to Burla hospital after his condition deteriorated again. Acting on a tip-off, police attempted […]

Puri: A youth sustained critical injuries after he was attacked with a knife by unidentified miscreants near Badadanda in Puri on Sunday.  The youth has been identified as Nikhil Sarangi, nephew of former chairman of Puri Municipality, Jayant Sarangi. Nikhil was initially admitted to Puri Sadar hospital and later shifted to a private hospital in […]

Jajpur: A school teacher was arrested in Dharmasala area of Jajpur district on Sunday on charges of sexually exploiting a female colleague on pretext of marrying her. The accused identified as headmaster in-charge of the government-run school Binod Bihari Sethi, was arrested after a complaint was lodged by the female teacher. According to the complainant, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch today arrested Gatikrushna Dash (48), the director of a Bhubaneswar –based real estate company on charges of duping land buyers to the tune of Rs 5 crore. Though Gatikrushna was inducted as the director of M/s Shreya Infrastructure Services Ltd in 2014, he was signing […]

Bolangir: Operation All-out, a special drive launched by Bolangir Police against criminals has now received appreciation from people after two hardcore criminals were nabbed in quick succession of encounters. Besides, the cops were also successful in nabbing 10 more criminals during the special drive. It is pertinent to mention here that Bolangir Police had to […]

Bhadrak/Kalahandi: As many as three ATM kiosks- one Indian Overseas Bank ATM and two SBI ATMs, were damaged in three separate places in two districts of Odisha on Monday. In an audacious robbery in Bhadrak, unidentified miscreants last night used bombs to loot cash from an SBI ATM located few metres away from the Moto […]

Kandhamal: Commissionerate Police today arrested a youth for allegedly cheating several women on the pretext of marriage. The accused has been identified as Priyaranjan Naik from Daringbadi area of Kandhamal. According to reports, Priyaranjan used to lure women by introducing himself as doctor, bank manager and government employee. After establishing physical relationship, the accused allegedly […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Odisha Crime Branch arrested two persons from New Delhi on charges of online fraud. The accused, identified as Binod Kumar and Sanjeeb Kumar, had allegedly duped a Baripada resident of Rs 87 lakh. Earlier, the accused were produced before the Patiala court in Delhi on February 1. The court today allowed the […]

Bhubaneswar: With a spurt in drug peddling incidents in the past couple of months, it seems the capital city has now turned into a hub for illicit narcotics trade. The Excise officials today arrested a woman on charges of selling brown sugar in Bari area under Khandagiri Police limits in Bhubaneswar today. Acting on a […]

Mayurbhanj: In another shocking incident, a Class VI girl student of an ashram school under Morada block in Mayurbhanj district has allegedly been raped by her classmate, who also happens to be a minor. The matter came to fore after the minor girl was found pregnant when she was admitted to Baripada medical college and […]

Kandhamal: Instances of sexual abuse of minor girls have been surfacing at an alarming rate in Odisha as yet again a minor girl was allegedly abducted and raped for three months in Daringbadi area of Kandhamal district. The accused, reportedly married and father of a child, has been identified as Ishak Pradhan a native of […]

Khurda: The flying squad of Excise Department today busted a brown sugar racket by arresting a drug peddler from Samantarapur area in Khurda district today. The accused, identified as Sunil Dalai, used to smuggle brown sugar from Balasore and used to sell in different parts of the district. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team […]

Rourkela: The Rourkela Police today arrested four persons for allegedly extorting money from several persons by posing as RTO officials in Koida area in Sundergarh district. As per reports, the four fake RTO officials were produced before court while a SUV, Rs 10,000 cash and several uniforms were seized from their possession. A teacher and […]