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Sand mafias attack Tehsildar
Tehsildar attacked by sand mafias during crackdown in Kendrapara, FIR lodged

Derabis Tehsildar Akshay Kumar Parida has filed an FIR at Kendrapara Sadar police station in this regard. 

Nikki Yadav, Sahil Gehlot
Nikki threatened Gehlot to share wedding certificate online: Sources

Sahil Gehlot, the accused in the Nikki Yadav murder case, has told the investigators that she had threatened to share the marriage certificate of Arya Samaj temple on social media and to the family of the woman with whom he was supposed to marry, said the sources on Wednesday.

  • Wednesday, 22 February 2023
MP court awards death sentence to rape-murder convict within 4 months of incident
MP court awards death sentence to rape-murder convict within 4 months of incident

While pronouncing the judgement on Tuesday, the court termed the act as 'heinous', which called for an exemplary punishment to send a strong message to the society.

  • Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Adulterated tobacco trade busted in Bhadrak
Adulterated tobacco trade busted in Bhadrak, 1 held

Acting on a tip-off, the Puruna Bazaar police conducted raids in the area and seized 48 packets of duplicate tobacco of different brands. Besides, the police have also seized packaging materials, chemicals and other incriminating materials during the raid. 

Job Fraud
Odisha EOW nabs job racket mastermind's aide; issues advisory for aspirants

Tiwari is the main associate of Dharmapal Singh, who is the mastermind of the job fraud racket. Singh was earlier arrested and produced before the court recently.

Naba Das Murder Accused, Gopal Das
Naba Das murder: Court allows mental health evaluation of accused Gopal Das at Choudwar Circle Jail

The court ordered that instead of NIMHANS, the mental health evaluation of Gopal Das should be carried out at Circle Jail, Choudwar, where he is lodged currently.

  • Monday, 20 February 2023
Prithvi Shaw attack case: 4 accused sent to 14 days judicial custody
Prithvi Shaw attack case: 4 accused sent to 14 days judicial custody

Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, who appeared for Gill, argued on various sections invoked by the police and contended that certain sections were added later by the police though there was no mention of any death threats to Shaw or any others in the FIR.

  • Monday, 20 February 2023
Fake Baba
'Fake baba' dupes over Rs 3 lakh from childless couple in Cuttack

As per reports, the couple was childless and had sought help of the self-styled Godman, identified as Siddheswar Samantray. The Godman duped the couple to the tune of Rs 3.90 lakh on the pretext of helping them to conceive by performing several pujas and other rituals.

Acid Attack
'Acid attack over family feud’ leaves 4 including 2 children injured in Balasore

As per reports, the accused Chandan Rana allegedly threw acid on Gita (name changed), her sister Monica (name changed) and her two children.

  • Monday, 20 February 2023
Divyang man beaten to death by stepmother, father for ‘wanting’ to marry
Divyang man beaten to death by stepmother, father for ‘wanting’ to marry

A relative said, “They thought he would grab all the property after marriage as he was the stepson. So, they did not want him to get married and beat him to death.”

  • Sunday, 19 February 2023
Job Fraud
Odisha EOW busts another job fraud operating in 17 states in India

Senior EOW officials said the scamsters had developed a website which resembled a Government website displaying the Government- like job advertisements.

67-year-old man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping girl in Kandhamal
67-year-old man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping girl in Kandhamal

The girl’s mother filed an FIR on the same night with G Udayagiri police and the accused was arrested, Public Prosecutor Asim Praharaj said.

Fraud
Ex-employee held for stealing Rs 40 lakh from finance firm through fake accounts

Nayagarh Additional SP, Umakant Mallick said, “Several depositors had deposited around Rs 40 lakh in these fake accounts created by the accused. Later, the accused had transferred the money to his personal account.”

  • Saturday, 18 February 2023
Man Kills Wife Over Tantrik Rituals
Odisha man kills wife as an offering in tantric ritual

Mamata was allegedly killed by her husband Astama Khatua at their home. Later, the accused took her nude body to a nearby forest to perform the tantric ritual on Shivratri today.

  • Saturday, 18 February 2023
Nikki Yadav murder: Sahil Gehlot married victim in 2020; father of accused among 5 arrested
Nikki Yadav murder: Sahil Gehlot married victim in 2020; father of accused among 5 arrested

Meanwhile, reports have emerged that the accused had married Nikki in October 2020 at a temple in Noida. However, his parents did not approve of his marriage.

  • Saturday, 18 February 2023
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