Tag: Accused

New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of removing CBI Director Alok Verma in a bid to stop him from investigating the Rafale “scam”. He also alleged that the prime minister “broke the law” and “bypassed” the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of Opposition, who were part of the […]

New Delhi: A Delhi court today summoned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav and others as accused in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam. Special Judge Arvind Kumar directed them to appear before the court on August 31 in a case related to alleged irregularities […]

  Mumbai: In a case supervised by late Himanshu Roy as Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) in Mumbai, two accused were sentenced to life imprisonment on the day Roy ended his life. A sessions court in Mumbai on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to two persons in the 2012 murder case of actor Meenakshi Thapa. It […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Odisha Crime Branch arrested two persons from New Delhi on charges of online fraud. The accused, identified as Binod Kumar and Sanjeeb Kumar, had allegedly duped a Baripada resident of Rs 87 lakh. Earlier, the accused were produced before the Patiala court in Delhi on February 1. The court today allowed the […]

Bhubaneswar: A 7-year-old girl was raped by a 70-year-old neighbour in Odisha’s Gajapati district, police said on Monday. The incident, which occurred at New Camp Street II, came to light after the girl’s father lodged a complaint with the police on Sunday night. Police said the accused, identified as Barik Pradhan, had been sexually assaulting […]

New Delhi: In a video that has gone viral on social media, the granddaughter of Kiran Bedi is seen accusing the Puducherry Lieutenant Governor of misusing “police influence” apparently to separate her from her father. Bedi told IANS on Friday: “The court has directed all such videos to be removed forthwith. And the one mentioned […]

Bhubaneswar: Two days after busting an illegal gun manufacturing unit in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate Police on Wednesday busted an illegal firearm trading network and seized four guns and bullets from the possession of a man outside the main railway station. The accused, identified as Sangram Nath, has been arrested by the police. According to the […]

Balasore: Despite passage of the Triple Talaq bill in the Parliament, several such cases continue to surface from different parts of Odisha. In one such case, a man allegedly divorced his wife by pronouncing talaq thrice in Pathan Mohalla area of Soro in Balasore district. The victim has alleged that since her marriage three years […]

Koraput: A Class 9 girl student was found to be 5-month pregnant in Dasamantpur block of Koraput after being allegedly raped by the cook of the school hostel on multiple occasions. It is also alleged that, upon finding her pregnant, school authorities left the girl at her home and didn’t lodge any police complaint. After […]

Bhawanipatna: In a major breakthrough in connection with the alleged gang rape of a girl inside Jaring forest in Kalahandi district, Junagarh Police today arrested nine persons including a minor involved in the incident, informed Kalahandi Superintendent of Police B Gangadhar. While six accused were arrested on charges of raping the girl, others have been […]

Bhubaneswar: Three persons including the main accused have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of Amaresh Nayak in Bhubaneswar, informed Deputy Commissioner of Police Anup Sahoo today. “Based on the statements of eyewitnesses, we have arrested three persons. The crime was executed over past enmity,” said Sahoo. However, many other accused who have […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police is yet to arrest the accused in connection with the murder of a youth who reportedly opposed drugs trade in Sarakantara area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Thursday. Even though a special team was formed to nab the prime accused Bharat Sahu alias Bapi and his two associates, no progress […]

Hyderabad: A week after the brutal gang rape and murder of a young veterinarian in Hyderabad, police shot dead all the four accused in an alleged ‘encounter’ near Shadnagar town. The accused were killed in the early hours of Friday when they allegedly snatched weapons from the police and tried to escape from the Chatanpally […]

Puri: Police on Friday arrested another accused in connection with the gang rape of a minor girl in Puri which sparked state-wide hue and cry. Rama Chandra Pradhan, a resident of Aliaputu village in Brahmagiri area is the third person to be arrested in the case. Earlier the prime accused Jitendra Sethi and Rajesh Sethi […]