Crime News Updates

Cuttack: After a brief lull, another incident of loot has been reported from the millennium city. As per reports, unidentified miscreants looted cash and over 250 grams of gold ornaments from a house at Tarol area under Jagatpur police limits in Cuttack late last night. According to reports, four-masked robbers barged into the house of […]

Bhubaneswar: A BSF jawan was arrested by Commissionerate Police on the charges of cheating and blackmailing a girl in Bhubaneswar on the basis of an obscene video. The accused, identified as Manoj Mahakud, was arrested by Mahila police after a complaint was lodged by the victim. According to reports, the accused jawan was into a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of State CID, Crime Branch arrested two persons involved in narcotics trade and seized 405 grams of brown sugar worth nearly Rs 40 lakh from their possession. The accused Sk Saruk and Sanjiv Dehury, who hails from Balasore district, were arrested following a raid near Baramunda area yesterday. Addressing […]

Vishakhapatnam/Bhubaneswar: In a major haul, a consignment of 1, 638 kg of cannabis worth Rs 2.45 crore being illegally transported to Bhubaneswar from Vishakhapatnam in a goods carriage was seized and four persons were arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Vishakhapatnam on Wednesday. The identification of the arrested persons is yet to be […]

Kendrapara: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man known to her family in Kendrapara district, police said on Friday. The suspect has been detained for allegedly committing the crime on Thursday night, Inspector of Pattamundai police station Rakesh Tripathy said. Though no complaint has been lodged in this connection, the police launched an […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after allegations of child sale rocked Bhubaneswar, Commissionerate Police on Friday arrested three more persons including the 19-day-old infant’s father and two middlemen. Khandagiri Police earlier rescued the infant within six hours of allegations of child sale surfaced. A person, who reportedly had taken the baby after allegedly paying a sum of […]

Jajpur/ Keonjhar: A youth BJD leader was arrested on Saturday on the charges of a raping a minor girl in Jajpur district. The accused, Subhas Khuntia is reportedly president of the youth wing of the ruling party in Rasulpur area. As per the allegations, Khuntia raped the 11-year-old girl after abducting her. The matter came […]

Rourkela: Making headway into the alleged gang rape case at Gotidhara in Brahmani Tarang police limits of the steel city, police on Monday arrested six persons involved in the heinous crime. All those who have been arrested are habitual offenders and involved in a series of loot cases in the past. However, another accused said […]

Bhubaneswar: Beware if you are planning to host marriage or any other function at a hotel or any other venue as miscreants posing as guests might turn up as party spoilers. In one such incident, a miscreant looted gold ornaments worth lakhs of rupees from a hotel where a wedding reception was being hosted by […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police today arrested a youth for allegedly looting gold ornaments and gift items from weddings and reception parties in Bhubaneswar. Multiple police complaints were lodged against the youth at Khandagiri and Kharbela Nagar police stations earlier. Based on the complaints and CCTV footages obtained from the marriage parties, Sheikh Abdul Latif, a resident […]

Bhubaneswar: What would you do when law enforcers turn violators? Of late, many such cases against police personnel have surfaced tarnishing the image of the Odisha Police which recently came under the purview of Mo Sarkar initiative of the Odisha government. In one such case today, a police havildar was arrested on the charges of […]

Bargarh: After launching a massive crackdown on narcotics trade, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch on Friday seized fake Indian currency notes with the face value of Rs 2,00,600 from Bargarh. Three persons- Manglu Malkhar (42), Sudarshan Mohanty (36) and Prafulla Meher (56) have been arrested in connection with the incident. Acting […]

Jajpur: A 31-year-old teacher of a government-run school was arrested for allegedly raping two minor students repeatedly in Odisha’s Jajpur district, police said on Monday. The teacher of an upper primary school at Karada under Panikoili police station was arrested on Sunday on the basis of complaints filed by the parents of the victims. Ajaya […]

Bhubaneswar: A group of miscreants brandished a pistol and fled the spot after filling petrol at a fuel station in Sundarpada area of Bhubaneswar. Though the incident occurred on February 9, the CCTV footage of the incident came to the fore today. As per reports, three-bike borne miscreants came to the filling station and asked […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems that Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch is intensifying its crackdown against drug trade which seems to have inter-State links as well as international footprints. In the biggest seizure by Odisha Police in the recent past, STF seized 1.749 kg of brown sugar worth over Rs 1 crore. The breakthrough […]