Crime News Updates

Bhadrak: In yet another instance of crime against girls in Odisha, a Class 3 student was allegedly raped inside a school under Dhusuri police limits in Bhadrak district on Tuesday. A youth, identified as Sashikant Mallick, allegedly entered the campus of the school and raped the minor girl in a toilet of the school after […]

Bhadrak: Almost every day we are coming across stories of innocent girls being subjected to exploitation on the pretext of marriage. The incident of a lady constable being raped and betrayed by his senior has now become the talk of the town in Bhadrak. According to reports, the lady constable was allegedly raped by his […]

Bhubaneswar: A girl from West Bengal today alleged that a manager of a hotel in Bhubaneswar, where she was reportedly staying for the last several days, attempted to outrage her modesty. Based on her complaint, the Laxmi Sagar Police has detained the accused and another staff of the hotel. While the police investigation into the […]

Balasore: Police today recovered blood soaked body of a man from a house in Gudipada area of Balasore district. Later, a woman claiming to be his live-in partner, surrendered before Baripada Town Police after confessing to have executed the gruesome murder. As per reports, the deceased Badha Marndi who had been working as a watchman […]

Sundergarh: Police today recovered the mutilated body of a youth from a forest near a sponge iron factory at Kendrikala village under Bonai Police limits in Sundergarh district. This morning, when locals spotted the body of the youth with his throat slit and grievous injuries on other parts of the body, they immediately informed police […]

Keonjhar: The Additional District Judge (ADJ) court on Thursday sentenced a man to death in connection with the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Keonjhar district in 2017. Accused Sunil Nayak, who is claimed to be a relative of the girl, was pronounced the death sentence under POCSO Act, on the basis of […]

Berhampur: Nine persons have been arrested for alleged involvement in illegal extraction and transportation of sand from the Rushikulya river bed in Ganjam district as police stepped up crackdown on the racket, a police officer said on Thursday. Nine tractors loaded with sand were seized after a police team raided the site at Jeypur under […]

Sambalpur: In what could possibly be just the tip of the iceberg, Sambalpur Police on Friday arrested four cyber criminals including two persons from Bihar. According to reports, the gang used to install skimmer machines at ATMs and withdraw money after acquiring the PINs of card users. Addressing a presser, Sambalpur SP Kanwar Vishal Singh […]

Balasore: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly raping a minor girl on the pretext of offering her lift to her house in Balasore on Friday. According to reports, the girl had gone to Telangana along with one of her relatives to work in a company. After staying there for some days, she boarded a […]

Mayurbhanj: A day after launching massive crackdown and busting a major sex racket, Mayurbhanj police on Saturday arrested four managers of three lodges on the charges of immoral trafficking. Moreover, 32 persons including 16 girls were earlier detained for questioning after they were found inside the rooms of the three lodges- Sri Krishna, Krishna and […]

Nuapada: A youth allegedly killed his father before committing suicide in Gatibeda village under Komna police limits in the district on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Ram Singh Majhi (70) and his elder son Deba Majhi. According to reports, Ram Singh had a verbal duel with Deba over some issue. Enraged over this, […]

Bhubaneswar: They first came across each other through a matrimony website and soon the cupid struck them. The plot seems to be of a Bollywood movie, but the twist here is that the ‘lady love’ played the villain. According to reports, a youth from Andhra Pradesh has knocked the doors of Commissionerate Police against an […]

Puri: As per its previous announcement, Odisha Police today filed charge-sheet in connection with the alleged gang rape of a minor girl inside government quarters in Puri on December 2. Earlier, six persons including the prime accused, Jitendra Sethi, a former police constable, were arrested in connection with the incident. According to reports, Jitendra allegedly […]

Kandhamal: A minor girl was allegedly gang raped by three persons in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, a police officer said on Tuesday. Based on a complaint filed by the girl, all three accused including a minor boy, were apprehended in the case and produced before a local court, which remanded two of them in 14-day judicial […]

Bargarh: The body of a 20-year- old woman was recovered from a forest area near Temari village under Bargarh district on Tuesday, a police officer said. As per reports, she had gone missing on Friday evening and her family members registered a missing case on Monday, he said. “Some local residents noticed the body and […]