Crime News Updates

Malkangiri: Even as police along with excise department is continuing its crackdown on marijuana smuggling in the State, the drug peddlers are devising new ways to transport the cannabis. On Saturday, Malkangiri Police seized 14.47 quintals of ganja (dry cannabis) worth around Rs 2.2 crore while it was being smuggled in a water tanker in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Monday intensified probe after body of an elderly man was found with slit throat inside a dormitory near Old Station Bazar area in Bhubaneswar. Though the identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the elderly man was murdered. As per reports, a youth had […]

Berhampur: Posing as customers, three miscreants looted gold ornaments including gold chain, three rings and a mobile phone from a garments showroom trader and his wife at gunpoint in Badadanda Sahi under Badagada Police limits in Ganjam district. As per reports, the miscreants entered the shop at around 8 PM yesterday. As there were no […]

Bolangir: Police claimed to have cracked the mystery behind the death of newspaper distributor Kamal Bag in Kantabanji area of Bolangir district after arresting five members of a family including a woman in this connection today. Bag was murdered over a love affair, said police. A resident of Anand Nagar village, Bag was killed by […]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested two former employees of Syndicate Bank in Odisha in connection with loan fraud to the tune of Rs 1.96 crores. The accused have been identified as Subash Chandra Dash, former branch manager and Marianus Lakra, former assistant manager of Syndicate Bank’s Burla […]

Rourkela: Police have arrested one person for allegedly locking up a woman and her mother inside a house at Basanti Colony in Rourkela for 40 days and harassing them. Both the women were rescued by a team of cops today. The matter came to light after the husband of the woman, who went missing, lodged […]

Ganjam: A man was brutally hacked to death and his body cut into pieces allegedly by his wife & brother-in-law at Patadhar village under Jagannath Prasad Police limits in Ganjam district on Wednesday night. The matter came to the fore after the brother-sister duo surrendered at the police station today. As per reports, the man […]

Jajpur: Following allegations of torturing their daughter-in-law, members of a family were tied and paraded by locals in Tejpur village under Panikoili Police limits of Jajpur. As per reports, the father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the woman identified as Sarojini Swain faced mob fury for allegedly assaulting the victim in absence of her husband. Sarojini […]

Ganjam: In a shocking incident, a youth was beaten to death by unidentified miscreants in Kesapur under Khallikote block of Ganjam district on Thursday night. The deceased has been identified as Shankar Pahan of Ramachandrapur village. Though the exact reason behind the murder is yet to be ascertained, police have begun probe into the matter […]

Berhampur: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 60-year-old man inside a shop under Hinjili Police limits in Ganjam district. Though the incident took place on November 16, it came to light after family members of the survivor lodged a police complaint on Thursday. Later, the accused identified as Debraj Panigrahi, who runs a […]

Cuttack: In yet another instance of crime against minors, a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Salepur area under Nemalo police limits in Cuttack on Thursday night. According to sources, the minor girl had gone to watch Jatra (open-air theatre) near her village last night when she was allegedly raped by a man. Meanwhile, the […]

Baripada: Police on Thursday arrested the Head of English Department (HoD) of MPC Autonomous College in Baripada for allegedly misbehaving with a girl student. Even as the incident took place on November 15, the students alleged that despite complaint against the HoD, no action was taken against him by college authorities. Protesting inaction by the […]

Deogarh: Police arrested four persons including three members of a family on charges of killing a woman and her two children in Balinali Forest reserve under Barkote Police limits in Deogarh district. As per reports, the prime accused Bikram Kumar Pradhan used a sharp weapon to slit the throat of his wife, his 4-year-old son […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police intensified probe after body of a man was found hanging on the premises of ISKCON temple in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Babu Sahu (50) of Shergarh in Ganjam district. According to reports, Sahu used to work as a sanitary staff at the temple. On November 18, he […]

Bolangir: Police claimed to have cracked the murder case of a youth, Satyanarayan Purohit at Dharpagarh village under Saintala Police limits in Bolangir district on October 25 following the arrest of one Jabananda Kanhar in connection with the case on Sunday. Police officials said Purohit was a businessman by profession and killed by Kanhar for […]