Crime News Updates

Deogarh: A security guard was found dead with gunshot wounds in his house barely a few metres from the Superintendent of Police (SP)’s residence in Deogarh district. The deceased has been identified as Rajendra Balua. Locals spotted the body of Rajendra in his house and informed the police. It is suspected that Rajendra has been […]

Jajpur: Body of a youth was found hanging inside a room in Berunupur village under Korei Police Limits of Jajpur yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Ranjan Parida. However, it is alleged that Ranjan was murdered by his father and two other siblings. Such allegations have been levelled by the wife and the elder […]

Sambalpur: Four members of an inter-state car theft gang were arrested in Sambalpur today. According to sources, police recovered three vehicles from their possession which were reportedly stolen from Sambalpur. Among the four arrested, two accused hail from Sambalpur while the other two are residents of Bihar. The accused reportedly used to change the registration […]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch has arrested a businessman from Khurda for allegedly submitting fake mortgage documents and subsequently misappropriating a loan from Allahabad Bank in Bhubaneswar. The arrested businessman has been identified as Devraj Subudhi of Khurda. As per reports, the accused Devraj Subudhi along with Narayan Senapati, […]

Dhenkanal: Armed miscreants looted Rs 3.5 lakh, 130 grams of gold ornaments and other valuables from the house of a CESU employee at Pandua Chhak under Tumsingha Police limits in Dhenkanal district on Saturday night. According to sources, five masked barged into the house of one Manoj Sahoo at around 9.30 pm yesterday and decamped […]

Berhampur: Three miscreants posing as CBI officers looted gold ornaments from an elderly couple at Jayaprakash Nagar under Baidyanathpur police limits in Berhampur today. The couple had come  from Bhubaneswar to attain a marriage ceremony in the city. According to sources, the bike-borne miscreants posing as CBI officers stopped the couple Bhaskar Patra and K. […]

Bargarh: An Assistant Sub Inspector of Sohela police station has been suspended for allegedly raping a Class X girl student along with another youth in Bargarh. The accused identified as ASI Banmali Kuanr and Riku Nag of Melchhamunda village had kidnapped the girl on February 8 and subsequently raped her. Later, the girl was rescued […]

Khurda: An anganwadi helper’s minor daughter was allegedly raped, murdered and hanged by a youth inside her house under Jatani Police limits of Khurda district on Monday. The anganwadi helper alleged that her daughter, a Class IX student was first raped and then murdered by one Gajananda Behera of Sardhapur village of the district. Behera […]

Bargarh: Police today arrested the Assistant Sub Inspector of Sohela Police Station and another youth on charges of raping a Class X girl student. The arrested ASI Banmali Kuanr and the other accused Rinku Nag of Melchhamunda village have been forwarded to court. As per the complaint filed by the girl’s father, Nag kidnapped the […]

Bhubaneswar: Excise sleuths today arrested a person and recovered 105 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 10 lakh from his possession. During interrogation, the accused, identified as Khirod Sahu of Laxmisagar area revealed that he was working as a ‘police informer’. Though Sahu himself was selling drugs illegally for past few years to make quick […]

Balasore: Police today recovered the blood-soaked bodies of a woman and a youth from a house in Ranipatna bank colony in Balasore today. The deceased have been identified as Laxmipriya Sahu and Pradeep Kumar Dey whose mutilated bodies were found from the residence of Kailash Sahu, husband of Laxmipriya. Police have detained Kailash on charges […]

Nayagarh: Armed miscreants allegedly looted Rs 1.62 lakh after hurling bombs at an ATM cash van near Kainthapali on Khandapada-Nayagarh road today. According to sources, four bike-borne miscreants looted the cash after terrorising the occupants of the vehicle at ‘gunpoint.’ “We were carrying the cash from Narasinghpur and the money was being transported to Andhra […]

Bhubaneswar: The Excise sleuths today once again arrested a B.Tech graduate student on charges of drug peddling in the Capital city. The anti-drug squad reportedly nabbed the accused from Salia Sahi area and seized 83 gram brown sugar worth around Rs 8 lakh from his possession. The accused, identified as Khitish Patnaik of Khurda, was […]

Keonjhar: The Anandapur Police arrested four dacoits in Anandpur of Keonjhar district yesterday while the latter were planning a robbery. However, two other robbers reportedly managed to flee. According to sources, the accused were planning a dacoity near Salabani Haat area of Anandapur. After getting information about the dacoits, Anandapur Police raided the spot, apprehended […]

Bolangir: The officials of Bolangir Forest Division seized a truck transporting timber illegally worth lakhs near Deogaon rail crossing in Bolangir district today. According to sources, the forest division had received a tip-off yesterday about illegal transportation of the timbers to Bargarh district. Following instructions of Bolangir DFO, Sameer Satpathy, a squad from Saintala range […]