Crime News Updates

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 […]

Rayagada: Rayagada Town Police today nabbed a dreaded criminal H Siva following an encounter in the area. Police said Siva, against whom as many as 50 criminal cases are pending in various police stations of Rayagada and other nearby districts, sustained bullet injuries in the exchange of fire during a raid. Two police personnel have […]

Bhubaneswar: What would you do when somebody offers a huge discount on a brand new Apple i-phone? Like many others, karate player Valena Valentina too got tempted by such offer, but the surprise soon became the shocker of her life after she found that the phone was a stolen one. Not only Valena, several government […]

Berhampur: A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 10-years imprisonment by a court here on Monday for kidnapping and raping a minor girl three years ago. Additional District Judge Jagdish Prasad Mohanty also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Narasingh Das for committing the offence in Golanthara area of Ganjam district on June 27, 2016. […]

Gajapati District & Session Judge Court on Monday convicted and awarded 10-year jail term to one Anant Paik for raping a divyang girl multiple times in Serang area of Gajapati district.

Jharsuguda: A day after a married woman was shot dead in front of her house at Rohidaspada under Sarasmal Police limits in Jharsuguda district, police on Wednesday arrested a man hailing from Jharkhand in connection with the murder. A special team of Jharsuguda police nabbed the accused from Sundergarh district today. According to police sources, […]

Berhampur: After targeting women and elderly persons, miscreants posing as police officials allegedly looted gold ornaments and cash from a man near Venkateswar temple under Badabazaar Police limits in Berhampur today. The matter came to light after the victim, identified as H Apalla Raju of Pakalabari Sahi, lodged a complaint in this regard. According to […]

Bhubaneswar: After a brief lull, miscreants on Thursday looted over Rs 28 lakh in separate incidents in Odisha. In Puri, armed miscreants allegedly looted Rs 19.50 lakh from the employees of a private bank at Gopalpur under Nimapara block. As per reports, six bike-borne miscreants looted the cash from two employees of Bandhan Bank after […]

Phulbani: A girl student of Class IX was allegedly raped by a married man who happens to be her neighbour in Tumudibandha police station area of Kandhamal district. As per reports, the minor girl was with her mother in her house when accused Sambhu Maharana called her outside for some work at around 7 PM […]

Bhubaneswar: Concerns are now being raised over privacy at hotels after two employees of a hotel based in Bhubaneswar were arrested for blackmailing a girl by allegedly recording her obscene video. As per reports, the girl had visited a reputed hotel (Oyo room) at Nayapalli area for a birthday party with some of her friends. […]

Nayagarh: In an ugly turn of events following a brawl during a community feast, a woman died after she was attacked by a youth at Bhatasahi under Odagaon Police limits in Nayagarh district late last night. The deceased Mani Singh’s husband Nirajan, who also sustained critical injuries in the attack, is now battling for his […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Sunday busted a sex racket which was operating from a hotel at AIIMS Nagar under Khandagiri police limits in Bhubaneswar. Acting on a tip-off, a special team of Commissionerate raided the hotel and arrested six persons including two middlemen and four customers. Six girls, who reportedly hail from West Bengal, have […]

Bhubaneswar: One person has been arrested from Jajpur district for allegedly trying to sell Deer antlers by on OLX website. The accused has been identified as Devi Prasanna Behera, a resident of Kotapur in Jajpur district. On getting information, a special team of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau laid a trap and nabbed the accused […]