Crime News Updates

Cuttack: The Twin City Police Commissionerate on Friday arrested another girlfriend of gangster Mohammad Shakil on charges of extortion. Dargha Bazaar Police in Cuttack reportedly arrested her based on allegations of demanding Rs 10 lakh extortion from a businessman in Buxi Bazaar of the Silver city. Sources said that cops are interrogating her at an […]

Berhampur: Police arrested nine robbers and seized arms and ammunition from their possession in Odisha’s Ganjam district, a senior police officer said on Friday. Four crude pistols, several cartridges, a sword, a knife, five motorcycles and 16 mobile phones were seized from the arrested persons, Ganjam Superintendent of Police, Brijesh Rai said. The arrested persons […]

Noida: Three people have been arrested here while allegedly transporting over a 100 kg cannabis in a truck from Odisha to Delhi, police said on Friday. The suspects were held late on Thursday night during a checking at the T-Series roundabout under the Sector 20 police station area, a senior official said. “Around 105 kg […]

Jagatsinghpur: A youth sustained critical injuries in exchange of fire between two criminal groups at Alavar village in Balikuda area of Jagatsinghpur on Friday. Two persons have been detained in connection with the case. As per reports, the firing incident took place over past enmity during which the youth Debraj Biswal suffered bullet injuries on […]

Keonjhar: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang raped by two youths under Jhumpura police limits of the district. The girl’s mother has alleged that her daughter was kidnapped when she was on her way to a local market. The youths raped her and later decided to drop her at the same place from […]

Koraput: A senior official of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Sunabeda was detained after a woman employee brought misbehaviour allegations against him. According to reports, Ram Awadhesh Kumar, who is posted as manager at HAL’s engine department, allegedly misbehaved with the complainant inside the official complex yesterday. Following the incident, the woman employee lodged a […]

Koraput: In what was initially believed to be an ‘accidental death’ turned out to be a murder. Such twist in the death of a woman became the talk of town after police today arrested the husband of the deceased. The shocking incident has been reported from Bamini village under Jeypore Sadar Police Station limits in […]

Koraput: In yet another instance of sexual assault on minors, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the driver of an auto-rickshaw engaged in ferrying school children in Odisha’s tribal-dominated Koraput district. The matter came to light after police arrested the accused, Sarat Padika (19), on Saturday. According to sources, the accused dropped school children […]

Balasore: Palpable tension prevailed in Bhograi area of the district on Saturday after locals forced three youths to do sit-ups for allegedly taking obscene video of a local woman. According to reports, the youths, identified as Bikas Dutta, Paresh Dutta and a 17-year-old boy, were filming an obscene video of a woman last night. However, […]

Rayagada: Kalyansinghpur police in the district on Sunday detained three minor boys for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl. The boys, all below 15 year, reportedly kidnapped the minor girl by gagging her mouth and took her to a paddy field where they raped her in turn on the night of January 1. The girl was […]

Bhubaneswar: After almost two months, police have succeeded in arresting the mastermind behind the murder of Venkata Rao, a resident of Station Bazaar area in Bhubaneswar. The accused has been identified as Ajay Kumar Pandey who hails from Uttar Pradesh. As per reports, Pandey has confessed that he killed Rao for Rs 37,000. Though police […]

Dhenkanal: A suspected family dispute took a tragic turn after a man allegedly hacked his wife to death with an axe at Pangatira village under Parjang Police limits in Dhenkanal district in the wee hours of Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Mita Sahu. According to reports, Mita, who hailed from Pangatira village, had […]

Sundergarh: A 9-year-old girl was allegedly raped and dumped in Jhirpani area of Sundergarh district. As per reports, the survivor had gone for tuition classes on Saturday but didn’t return following which her family members launched a frantic search. Later, on Sunday morning, the girl was found in a critical condition dumped near her house. […]

Puri: Following a series of chain snatching in the pilgrim town, police today managed to arrest a miscreant who is believed to be one of the members behind the robberies. As per reports, three miscreants were attempting to rob a woman in Mochi Sahi area of Puri when one of them was nabbed by the […]

Kalahandi: A youth was robbed of Rs 6 lakh and killed by some masked and armed miscreants while his father, a cotton farmer sustained critical injuries in the attack in a forest near Borguda village under Junagarh Police limits of Kalahandi district on Thursday. Reports said, one Balabhadra Nayak and his father Chitta Nayak were […]