Crime News Updates

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.

A police complaint was lodged against a woman who allegedly worked at the Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) by impersonating as a staff nurse.  

Cyber criminals can no longer have a freeway as the Department of Telecommunications has recently launched the ‘Chakshu’ portal to keep a hawk eye on them. 

Initially, the officers of the DRI Chennai Zonal Unit developed specific input that indicated that a gang was planning to smuggle narcotics substances from India to Sri Lanka via a coastal route near the Mandapam Sea coast.

Trouble mounted for BJD's Bhandaripokhari MLA, Prafulla Samal on Tuesday as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) quizzed his son Prayaskanti Samal in connection with the multi-crore Barapada Engineering College land scam case. 

At the end of the party, the groom’s family collected all the gifts and kept them in a bag. But they left the bag unattended for some time. After returning, they found the bag missing.

The accused was seething with anger to take revenge over the past incident. In the evening, he reached Bharati’s house and stabbed her multiple times, leaving the victim dead. 

Missing toddler Pihu’s mother, Monalisha Nayak has urged the Odisha CM to allow her to meet PM Narendra Modi, who is visiting Jajpur district tomorrow.