Crime News Updates

Khurda: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted a cigarette-laden truck at gunpoint near Ugratara chhak under Tangi Police limits in Khurda district late last night. As per reports, the truck was en-route to Kolkata from Hyderabad when a group of armed miscreants waylaid the vehicle and brandished gun at the driver. They later tied the hands and […]

Baripada: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police who allegedly molested a sleeping woman by entering her house at night in May last year was arrested on Tuesday. The victim had attempted self-immolation in front of the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in September 2018 claiming that no action was taken against the accused policeman. […]

Khurda: A girl was allegedly raped and dumped on the National Highway in front of Prananath Autonomous College in Khurda on Wednesday night. The survivor, who was rescued in critical condition, has lodged a police complaint in this regard. According to sources, some unidentified miscreants dumped the girl on the NH yesterday and fled. Later, […]

Bhubaneswar: Throwing open challenge for Commissionerate Police, miscreants opened fire at a youth and his father for opposing drugs trade in Sarakantara area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Thursday. As per reports, three miscreants attacked one Anil and his father Abhimanyu Jena over suspected past rivalry. Though the father-son duo was rushed to AIIMS […]

Koraput: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth of her village under Borigumma block of Koraput district on Wednesday. The matter came to the fore after the family members of the minor girl lodged a complaint at Borigumma Police Station on Thursday, said reports. As per the complaint, a youth identified as Dambaru […]

Bargarh: Police claims to have busted a major sex racket that was running in a clandestine manner in a house near Paikamal Gurukul Ashram in the district. While two girls including a minor have been rescued, four accused including king pin Shantilata were arrested in this connection on Saturday. As per reports, Shantilata was carrying […]

Kalahandi: Carrying out probe into the recent seizure of leopard hide and elephant tusk, the Special Task Force (STF) of the CID-Crime Branch arrested two more persons of an interstate wildlife smuggling gang including the poacher Bhaskar Nayak. Apart from Nayak, a middleman identified as Badhu Majhi has also been arrested in connection with the […]

Ganjam: A minor girl was killed after being allegedly forced to drink poison by her neighbour at Sorisabilla village under Sorada police limits of Ganjam district. According to sources, the incident reportedly happened on November 1 when one Jagu Sethi of the village allegedly forced the girl to drink poison while she was cleaning utensils […]

Bolangir: Days after an OTV report on a fraud worth lakhs of rupees at Bolangir Central Co-operative Bank, the district police on Sunday arrested two persons including the prime accused involved in the racket. Based on the FIR registered on 4th October 2019, police arrested one Nilamani Tripathy, the contractual employee of the bank suspected […]

Rourkela: An Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP) constable was arrested on Sunday evening for allegedly misbehaving with two college girls inside the OSAP 4th Battalion campus in Rourkela on Saturday. The matter came to fore after a complaint was lodged in connection with the incident at Plant Site Police Station on Sunday. Sources said that […]

Rourkela: A series of loots in five different places on Monday night has led to panic among locals in Rourkela area of Sundergarh district. According to reports, some unidentified miscreants reportedly broke open the door of a Jana Seva Kendra at Jharbeda area and looted cash worth Rs 25,000, a laptop, a desktop computer system and […]

Berhampur: Managing director of a chit fund company here was arrested for allegedly duping several people about Rs 90 lakh, promising higher returns on their investment, police said on Tuesday. Amiya Kumar Padhy, 57, managing director of Honeycomb Holdings Limited was arrested on Monday. The company had its registered office at Berhampur town and functioned […]

Sambalpur: Mystery clouds the demise of a woman whose decomposed body was recovered by police today from a locked house in Modipada area under Town Police limits here. According to sources, three persons of a family including a couple and their son were staying in the rented house. Following reports of foul smell emanating from […]

Nabarangpur: A conman allegedly made away with cash worth over Rs 1 lakh from a doctor after introducing himself as a deputy drugs controller in Umerkote area of Nabarangpur district. The matter came to light today after the doctor, identified as Panchanana Mishra, lodged a complaint with the local police. Based on the complaint, police […]

Jajpur: A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly uploading obscene photos and videos of a woman on social media along with vulgar comments in Jajpur district, police said. The accused was picked up from Joda area in Keonjhar district on Friday and identified as Patitapaban Mishra, a resident of Bayree village, they said. During interrogation, […]