Crime News Updates

Baliguda: After a brief lull, miscreants have again started targetting temples in Odisha. This time, unidentified miscreants decamped with gold ornaments and cash from the donation box of two temples at Baliguda in Kandhamal district on Friday night. As per reports, several valuables including cash have been stolen from Jagannath temple and Dakshina Kali temple […]

Sundergarh: Rohit Verma, son of a leading jeweller in the town was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in-front of his shop near Badagaon bus terminal in Sundergarh district on Monday. Another person, who tried to save Verma, has been critically wounded after he came under fire as the miscreants took away a bag containing gold […]

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a pick-up van driver was chased by a group of miscreants who hacked him to death with sharp weapons in broad day-light at the busy CRP square on Saturday. The ghastly street crime has nevertheless reaffirmed the notoriety Odisha’s capital city has earned as a crime capital of late, raising […]

Bolangir: At least six persons were arrested by Bolangir Town Police on Saturday on charges of murdering a mason from West Bengal on March 4. As per reports, the deceased mason Bani Sheik was staying with his five other colleagues and uncle Hyder Ali at a rented house at Sarobarpada area. All of them hails […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has arrested five persons in connection with the attempted lynching of two Bhubaneswar daylight murder accused yesterday. Police arrested the five persons after scanning CCTV footages of the incident. The cops have reportedly registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code against them. Five persons, including the prime […]

Jajpur: Even as the world celebrated women’s day with much pomp and grandeur on Monday, a minor tribal girl was allegedly gang-raped by four men the previous night. The victim, a college student from Duburi area in Jajpur district, was on her way to collect scholarship money from a private company at Kaliapani area in […]

Bhubaneswar: The cyber crime help desk of the Commissionerate Police has successfully recovered Rs 1.3 lakh which was swindled by fraudsters from the bank accounts of two persons in Bhubaneswar. As per reports, the fraudsters had withdrawn Rs 70,090 from the bank accounts of one Debashish Mallick, who works as a supplier of various goods. […]

Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants decamped with gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 15 lakh from a jeweller at Kalampur area in Kalahandi district on Wednesday. The incident occurred when the jeweller, Ranjan Kumar Sahu was opening his shop in the morning today. “I had kept all the gold and silver ornaments in a bag and was […]

Sundergarh: Police on Wednesday arrested five persons for their alleged involvement in the murder of Rohit Verma, son of a leading jeweller in Sundergarh district on March 1. Sundergarh SP Sagarika Nath said all the accused hailing from Bihar and Jharkhand and were nabbed with assistance of joint task force. Of the total five accused, […]

Cuttack: Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested a 45-year-old man on the charges smuggling sandalwood in Choudwar and other parts of the State. The smuggler has been identified as Rasanda Sahu of Tangi area. Senior police officials informed that sandalwood weighing 92 kgs worth Rs 10 lakh has been seized from his possession. Cuttack DCP Prateek […]

Kendrapara: A man, who was on the run for nearly four decades after allegedly committing dacoity, has been finally arrested in the district. Acting on a tip-off, police nabbed the 56-year-old man from his residence in Palasudha village in Patkura police station area on Thursday night. He had recently returned home, a police official said. […]

Bhubaneswar: Six members of a criminal gang which looted passengers at bus and train terminus in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack by spiking their drinks were rounded up by the Commisionerate police on Saturday. Incidentally, the arrested accused include the owner of a medicine store in Bhubaneswar who supplied the stupifying prescription drugs to the footsoldiers of […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of arresting  the prime accused in the sensational 1999 Anjana Mishra Gang Rape case, the Commissionerate Police on Sunday claimed to have achieved another breakthrough by arresting one of the accused in the 2008 musician Sumant Mohanty murder case at Mancheswar area in Bhubaneswar. Addressing a press conference today, Twin […]

Cuttack: Commissionerate Police on Sunday arrested two persons including a broker on the charges of looting a gold bar worth Rs 36 lakhs from a Balasore based jeweller in Cuttack city. The arrestees have been identified as Rajkishore Sahu and Jitendra Sahu of Jajpur district. As per reports, the accused duo had contacted the Balasore […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police on Monday claimed to have executed as many as 3988 non-bailable warrants which were pending at various police stations across the State during a week-long special drive. As per an official release, all the 3988 persons were arrested following a special drive launched by Odisha Police between March 7 and 14. Senior […]