Crime News Updates

Police arrested Ishwara Mahara and Budhu Ray of Murshidabad in West Bengal and seized 257 gms of the banned substance. Besides, a Scorpio vehicle and Rs 2 lakh cash were seized from them. The seized substance is approximately valued at Rs 26 lakh.

The police have arrested seven accused, including a woman, on charges of supplying mobile phones inside the jail and peddling brown sugar in Khordha town.

According to the SP, preliminary investigation reveals that the accused sent threat emails to various security agencies to create panic in the minds of agencies.

The sub-jailor said that both the UTPs were engaged in some computer related work as they had some knowledge about the computers and were paid some remuneration.

At a presser, Cuttack DCP Kanwar Vishal Singh informed that the criminals had set a target to loot ATM cash van in adjoining districts of the city.

Sources said Nayak is a scrap vendor and it is alleged that he was killed by a youth over some past rivalry. 

Such incidents have been happening one after another for the last several months, even though the Commissionerate Police has been carrying out a safe city drive. Members of some burglary gangs have been arrested in the past as well.    

There seems to be no let-up in loot and break-ins in Bhubaneswar. In the latest incident, two unidentified bike-borne miscreants swiftly took a bag containing gold and silver ornaments from in front of a jewellery shop under Airfield Police limits and fled from the spot on Friday night. 

A luxury car seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday during the raids in connection with the chit fund scam in Odisha has become a matter of discussion. 

The bodies of a woman and her minor daughter were found in their house under mysterious circumstances at Sanabaragaon Balihata village under Polsara Police limits of Ganjam on Thursday. 

As per reports, the woman’s husband had engaged the accused, identified as Kalu, in the renovation of his mobile repair shop at Bapuji Nagar. Within 20 days of his stay, Kalu fell in one-sided love with the woman and wanted her to elope with him. 

It may be noted here that after four years of the incident, the Nayagarh POCSO court convicted the accused and sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment.  

The Court awarded death sentences to five accused - Ajit Prusty, Sanjiv Prusty, Alekha Prusty, Arun Prusty, and Dolaboita, who were earlier arrested by Ghasipura Police in connection with the murder case.

As many as 78 persons from Banapur and Balugaon areas in Khordha district have been duped to the tune of lakhs of rupees by the ‘fraud’ travel agency.

They also offered Rs 1500 in advance to win the confidence of the bus driver and conductor. Later, they offered spiked drinks and cigarettes to the bus employees and fled with the money after they fell unconscious.