Crime News Updates

Balasore: Dreaded criminal Ratan Das alias Jaga was reportedly killed by some unidentified miscreants at Kurunthiapada under Kamardha police limits here late last night. According to reports, Jaga had an altercation with some people while he was collecting protection money on Friday night. Later on Saturday morning, his body was found lying on the road […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch on Sunday seized over three kilograms of Brown Sugar following a raid in Mayurbhanj district and arrested one person in this connection. The cost of the seized narcotics is worth over Rs 3 crore, police said. As per reports, the accused was one of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Palpable tension prevailed at Bapuji Nagar area in the capital city after a youth was chased and hacked today by miscreants over a suspected past rivalry. The victim has been identified as P Narasingha of nearby locality. The incident happened in broad daylight near Bapuji Nagar overbridge in Bhubaneswar. Getting information, police rushed to […]

Sundergarh: Police on Tuesday exhumed the body of a woman, who was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband some 40 days back in Sundergarh district. The decomposed body of the deceased woman, Sambhari Munda was exhumed from the spot where she was buried by her husband Nepal Munda, who has been arrested by police. […]

Bhubaneswar: A woman was allegedly killed by her husband at Kargil basti area in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Body of the deceased, Shakutala Majhi, has been recovered from her house by Commissionerate Police. As per reports, Shakuntala had married Muralidhar Behera of Kargil basti area under Airfield Police limits in the capital city in February. The […]

Sambalpur: A businessman sustained multiple injuries after being allegedly thrashed by miscreants for not paying extortion money. The injured businessman, Debasish Pati is now undergoing treatment in Burla hospital. As per reports, four miscreants stopped Pati while he was on his way to open his shop located inside a market complex at Cheruapada on July […]

Puri: Police on Saturday exhumed the decomposed body of an 18-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend in Brahmagiri area of Puri district. The body of the deceased was exhumed from near the bank of a pond at Srikarpur village in the presence of a magistrate and the accused, identified as Sujit Sahu, […]

Bhubaneswar: In yet another incident of loot during COVID-19 lockdown in Bhubaneswar, miscreants allegedly barged into the house of a lady DSP (Vigilance) and looted gold ornaments at gunpoint here on Sunday. As per reports, two bike-borne miscreants looted a gold chain and bangles from Vigilance DSP Tanuja Mohanty when she was busy in cleaning […]

Cuttack: Cuttack Mahanagar BJD general secretary, Tapas Mohanty has been accused of thrashing an elderly man following a dispute over a drainage line. The incident has been reported from Bhubanpur Sahi under Jagatpur Police limits of Cuttack. As per allegations, Tapas Mohanty thrashed one Laxmidhar Panda and his family members on Sunday. Sources said Tapas […]

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police foiled a dacoity bid at a petrol pump and arrested four persons in this connection from Chauliaganj area here. According to sources, the four accused were hatching a plan to loot a petrol pump on National Highway when the police conducted a raid and arrested them. The accused have been identified […]

Angul: Police on Thursday intensified probe into the death of three persons, including a minor girl whose bodies were found hanging in Chendipada forest yesterday. Out of the deceased, two have been identified as Sushant Majhi and Baru Behera of Palasbania village. While two bodies were found hanging from one tree, Police recovered the third […]

Bhubaneswar: Under fire over spurt in petty crimes during COVID-19 lockdown, Commissionerate Police on Monday nabbed eight members of two criminal gangs which were active in Bhubaneswar. Over 70 stolen mobile phones, 23 laptops, nine motorcycles and two LED TVs have been recovered from the robbers. Addressing a presser, Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash today informed […]

Angul: Talcher Police arrested a girl from Cuttack for allegedly duping lakhs of rupees by posing as a finance company agent from a retired homoeopathy doctor in Angul district. The girl reportedly met the doctor Bijay Pradhan (a native of Parjang area in Dhenkanal district) who is staying in Angul with his brother, in an […]

Kendrapara: The Odisha Police on Friday claimed to have busted a motorcycle theft racket with the arrest of five persons in Kendrapara district. Acting on a tip-off, the police personnel conducted search operations in Kendrapara town and seized 25 two-wheelers from their possession, a senior officer said. “The stolen motorcycles were sold to agents at […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, the Enforcement Squad of Odisha CT and GST Wing has collected a whopping Rs 1 crore as penalty from one fraudulent GST registrant of Raruan in Mayurbhanj district for holding unaccounted stock of goods. The registrants Minati Das Adhikari and her son Ritesh have been jointly running their business ranging […]