Crime News Updates

Berhampur: It seems that miscreants are having a field run in Ganjam district as reports of attacks on people in broad daylight have now become a regular feature. This time, a youth sustained multiple injuries after he was brutally attacked by miscreants with sharp weapons on Tuesday. The injured has been identified as Niranjan Pradhan, […]

Bhadrak: Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials on Tuesday arrested three persons including a station master on the charges of stealing goods from a parcel van of a train in Odisha. The accused have been identified as KB Ojha, the station master of Majuri Road Railway Station in Bhadrak district, porter Samsun Biswal and Santosh Senapati, […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing protests across Odisha over the alleged gang rape in Puri district, another rape incident was reported from Khandagiri area in Bhubaneswar today. Following a complaint by the family members of the survivor, Khandagiri Police has reportedly arrested the accused and is currently interrogating him. As per reports, both the survivor and […]

Bhadrak: A youth was arrested on Saturday for allegedly betraying a girl after maintaining physical relationship with her on the pretext of marriage. Bhadrak Rural Police reportedly arrested one Pramod Lenka of Asura village under charges of section 420 of the IPC after the girl filed a written complaint against him. As per the girl’s […]

Sambalpur: Police on Sunday detained four persons including the prime suspect in connection with the alleged gang rape of a married woman under Ainthapali police station area in Sambalpur city on December 7. Taking suo motu cognizance of the case, police registered a case and detained the four accused who are being interrogated. According to […]

Kandhamal: After a chilling winter night, residents in Baliguda area of Kandhamal district woke up to the news of gruesome murder of a Right to Information (RTI) activist who was reportedly shot dead in front of his house by two motorcycle-borne miscreants on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Abhimanyu Panda. According to […]

Mohana: Tension prevailed at Adava village of Gajapati district after a youth allegedly abducted a minor girl from her house on Monday night. The girl was reportedly staying along with her mother and grandfather after the death of her father. According to reports, the youth barged into the house of the girl at around 2 […]

Cuttack: The kingpin of an inter-state gang of looters, Sachin Pawar alias Bablu was arrested following an exchange of fire with police in Naraj Bazaar area of Cuttack district Tuesday late night. Bablu sustained bullet injuries on his right leg during the police encounter and has been admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital for […]

Balasore: Notorious inter-state drugs smuggler Munna Khan alias Mir Rahat Ali Khan today managed to give cops a slip while his mother was arrested by Excise sleuths on charges of carrying out illegal trade of narcotics. According to sources, a joint team from Cuttack Excise Intelligence (Central Range) and Balasore Police conducted surprise raids at […]

Cuttack: Blood-soaked bodies of an elderly couple were found from their house at Beleswar village under Madhupatna police limits in Cuttack district late last night. As per reports, police recovered the dead couple at around 12:30 AM last night after locals informed the cops suspecting something amiss in the house as their repeated knocks on […]

Keonjhar: In a shocking incident, a 50-year-old woman was abducted from her house and allegedly gang raped by two persons under Ghatagaon Police limits in tribal-dominated Keonjhar district. Though the incident occurred on Wednesday, it came to light after the survivor lodged a police complaint in connection with the incident yesterday. According to reports, the […]

Khurda: The Forest officials on Saturday arrested two poachers from Chilka Lake area and recovered carcasses of 57 migratory birds from their possession. However, five others managed to escape during the raid by forest department officials. As per reports, the forest officials also rescued three live birds from the two poachers. Based on allegations of […]

Bhawanipatna: A 26-year-old woman has been allegedly gang raped by her husband’s colleague and two other men in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, police said on Sunday. All the three accused have been arrested, a police officer said. As per the complaint lodged by the victim, a 27-year- old colleague of her husband, who works in Goa, […]

Berhampur: A former councillor of Aska urban local body and six others were arrested in Ganjam district for illegally extracting and transporting sand from the Rushikulya river bed at Sunambha sand quarry, police said. The arrest was made on Sunday when police carried out a raid at the site following a tip-off, a police officer […]

Puri/ Balasore: Amidst growing concerns over rising atrocities against women, two more rape cases were reported in Odisha Monday raising serious questions over the present state of affairs in the State. In the first incident, a minor divyang girl was allegedly raped by a youth under Nilagiri police limits. The incident happened when both the […]