As per reports, the businessman was returning home when the miscreants waylaid him and attacked with sharp weapon. When he fell down, the miscreants snatched the cash from him and fled the spot.
The businessman has received severe injuries in the body and has been admitted to the hospital, sources said.
On receiving information, police rushed to the spot and launched an investigation into the incident.
As per complaint filed by businessman Rajesh Patel, few days back a person had called him up while identifying himself as a staff of HDFC Bank Rourkela Main branch. The person on the other side of the phone, named himself as Amit, and asked Patel whether he would be interested to open a current account.
After Patel agreed to open the account, a person visited his house the next day and collected documents and a cheque of Rs 1,000 value.
"When I called up the bank staff, he said the process is on and documents have been sent to the bank's Mumbai office for approval. But, later during my visit to the bank, I came to know Rs 4.25 lakh has been transferred from my account to one Manoj Kedia," said Patel.
The businessman lodged a complaint at the Town Police station following which police have launched probe.
Sundargarh SDPO Balabhadra Deepa stated the accused might have tampered the cheque and taken Rs 4.25 lakh fraudulently from the businessman's bank account.
A case has been registered under Sections 420, 467 and 468 and investigation is on, the SDPO added.
The injured, Sourabh Modi was immediately rushed to District Headquarters Hospital in a critical condition.
According to reports, six bike-borne miscreants intercepted and ransacked Sourabh's car while he was returning home after dropping his daughter at school this morning.
Later, the miscreants attacked him with swords and fled.
On getting information, Model police reached the spot and began investigation into the incident. However, the exact cause of the attack is yet to be ascertained. "Sourabh is reportedly stable. All the attackers will be identified and arrested soon. We have launched a manhunt. Further investigation is on," said a police official.
The officials claimed, Surendra’s links with the former executive director of the Steel Plant BP Burma helped him pass a tender illegally. Suspecting him of amassing disproportionate assets, the CBI today raided Surendra’s business establishment, office and residence.
On January 7 earlier this year, the CBI had arrested Burma on the allegation of taking Rs one lakh bribe to pass a tender. It had also seized Rs 20 lakhs after conducting a raid at his residence.
The looters fled away after committing the crime in front of the businessman’s house. However, police managed to nab three of them from the Odisha-Jharkhand border this morning. All the arrested belong to Jharkhand, informed the IG (Western).
Police are on the lookout to nab another accused, who is on the run, he added.
According to sources, Sambhu had been released by the accused abductors after taking a ransom of Rs 10 lakh.
However, Jharsuguda police continued its investigation and was able to arrest four persons. It recovered various deadly weapons, including a pistol, one Bolero and Rs 10 lakh from their possession.
Briefing media persons, SDPO Sethi said, "We were able to arrest four persons after conducting raids at various places. The total ransom money of Rs 10 lakh was recovered from them. The Bolero they had used for kidnapping and four motor cycles were also seized by us."
Following the murder incident, fellow shop keepers and local residents blocked the NH 215 at Khalana square, burning tyres. They demanded immediate arrest of the accused and adequate compensation to the deceased’s family.
The vehicular traffic on the highway between Keonjhar and Panikoili came to a standstill due to the road blockade. Police reached the spot and tried to pacify the mob.
The police have also started investigation pressing the scientific team and dog squad in service.
“We got information in the morning that cement and rod shop owner Sushant Sahoo was murdered. Immediately, we rushed to the spot and alerted the higher authority. The scientific team from Keonjhar and dog squad from Jajpur have reached the spot. The mobile phone of the deceased is also being tracked. All aspects of the case are being looked upon to trace the murderer. We are trying to pacify the mob”, said IIC Suryakanti Das of Ramachandrapur police station.
The team of two officers of the Income Tax reached the Kendrapara police station where gold trader Paresh Nath Saha was detained by the local police since Thursday night.
The currency notes of Rs 25.50 lakh was seized and Paresh Nath taken to Cuttack by the Income Tax officers to elicit information from where the gold trader got so much of money and why he was going towards Kendrapara.
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Manoranjan Rath, Additional Commissioner, I-T department, said, “Today we came here and investigation has been launched after the Kendrapara police informed us yesterday night that a person has been detained for carrying Rs 25.50 lakh currency notes.”
Notably, on basis of a tip-off, police in hiding near Tinimuhana Chhak in Kendrapara raided the car of Paresh Nath and seized the currency notes and detained the gold trader and his aide.
Reports said Sanjay Kumar Soni, a businessman of Brahamanitarang area, was on his way to his house when four unidentified miscreants came on a scooty and opened fire at him near Dandiapali. The miscreants fled the area soon after the incident.
Hearing the gunshot, locals rushed to the spot and admitted Soni to Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) where the doctors removed a bullet from his thigh. The condition of the businessman is stated to be stable.
Talking to media persons at the hospital, Soni said the four miscreants asked him to give them his mobile phone and money. “When I refused, they suddenly opened fire at me and fled the area in a Scooty which had no registration number,” he said.
Police has begun a manhunt to nab the culprits.
Sources said simultaneous raids are being conducted at several places to trace Patodia, who was abducted while on his way towards Kirei, where he owns a spinning mill, from Jharsuguda.
All border crossing points of neighbouring Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh have been sealed, investigating officials said.
Police has seized Patodia’s vehicle from near a forest in the region. The young businessman’s driver is also suspected to have been kidnapped by the miscreants.
Sources said, a scientific team is assisting the investigating officials, including SP and SDPO of Sundergarh, in the probe.
Business rivalry cannot be ruled out behind the kidnap episode, an official said.
According to sources, Pratik’s abandoned car and his sunglasses were seen at the spot where he is believed to have been abducted from.
Police have inspected the abduction spot and are conducting an investigation.
The Rourkela police have been alerted about the abduction. The Odisha-Chhattisgarh border has also been sealed to prevent the abductors from fleeing to the neighbouring state.
According to sources, the incident took place when a person named Patakada of Angul area visited Badambadi branch of Axis bank to deposit the cash at around 2 pm today.
As he was returning to his car after failing to deposit the cash at the branch for some reason, two bike-borne miscreants snatched the bag from him and fled, the sources added.
Following the incident, Patakada filed a written complaint in this regard with Badambadi police.
According to sources, the businessman had kept the ornaments and cash on the first floor of his house for her daughter’s marriage scheduled to be held on April 22.
It is believed that some goons had prior information about the ornaments and cash stored in the house. They burgled the house of the businessman in a pre-planned manner.
The police is investigating the matter from all angles as no grills and almirah in the house were broken during the loot, the sources added.
When contacted, the businessman refused to give any comment on the matter.
According to sources, the looters, who had their faces covered, knocked on the doors and windows of the house of the businessman Sarat Chandra Barik.
When Barik opened the window, the miscreants asked Sarat's wife to open the door targeting him at the gun point. When Sarat’s wife opened the door, the miscreants entered the house and thrashed him mercilessly. Later, they decamped with the cash and valuables, the sources added.
After a complaint in this regard was registered, police have started investigation into the matter and are conducting raids at various places to nab the miscreants.
"Nobody knows the production cost of cars and the profit margin by the companies. Farmers cannot decide the production cost of their crops. Farmers should get Minimum Support Price (MSP) of 1.5 times the input cost. It should be neither less nor more," Paswan, the chief of the Lok Janshakti Party, told reporters on the sidelines of National Executive of his party's farmer cell.
He welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent announcement of 50 per cent profit to the notified crop produce.
"(A) Policy decision has been taken to double farmers' income and MSP of 1.5 times (the input cost). A committee is working on it (price fixation)," said Paswan, but refused to divulge much about the formula to be used to fix the MSP.
To a query on anticipated impact of higher MSP on inflation, he asked why only this issue was being raised when there was silence on the rising prices of other commodities.
"Is there anything that has not become costly? Be it cars or houses. However, the crop prices have been stagnant in last five years," he said, adding that the government will take care of the expenditure on higher MSP.
Paswan also said that the government was "aware" of the delay in paying claims under crop insurance schemes by private insurance companies.
"We are alert this time," he said.
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Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sehrawat passed the order after hearing arguments on sentence by the prosecution and defence lawyers.
The court had convicted Salem in the case on May 26.
The court had, however, acquitted the other accused -- Chanchal Mehta, Majid Khan, Pawan Kumar Mittal and Mohammad Ashraf -- citing lack of evidence against them.
One of the accused, Sajjan Kumar Soni, had died during the trial.
In the extortion case lodged in Delhi, it was alleged that Salem had demanded Rs 5 crore as protection money from businessman Ashok Gupta, a resident of Greater Kailash in south Delhi, in 2002.
Salem was convicted under sections 387 (putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) of the Indian Penal Code.
Advocate M S Khan, appearing for Salem, had denied the allegations levelled against his client and contended that the trial in the case violated the order by which the gangster was extradited from Portugal to India.
Salem, who was extradited from Portugal in November 2005, is facing various other cases, including those related to the 1993 Mumbai blasts. He is currently lodged in Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai.
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As per reports, the accused Devraj Subudhi along with Narayan Senapati, both partners of M/s Vishal Polymers had availed two loans—Rs 60 lakh as Cash-Credit loan and Rs 40 lakh as term loan for manufacturing and trading of polythene bags, packing materials in the year 2010 from Allahabad Bank's Old Station Bazaar branch in Bhubaneswar.
At the time of availing loan, Subudhi had given mortgage of his property located at Mouza-Banapur and Raghunathpur in Khurda but subsequently did not repay the outstanding loan amount of nearly Rs 1.45 crore outstanding as on December 17, 2014.
During investigation it was revealed that property at Banapur area was sold by Subudhi prior to submitting it as mortgage with the bank. Similarly, fake Record of Rights was produced for the Raghunathpur mouza property.
EOW had arrested Senapati on December 18 last year.
In one such incident, a video of bodyguards of a businessman purportedly firing bullets in air during a party in Baliasahi under Town Police limits of Puri district, similar to several incidents reported from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, has gone viral.
As per reports, two bodyguards of Narayan Sahu, a well-known businessman of Puri, fired seven rounds of bullets while dancing to the tune of a Haryanvi song. Sahu was also seen shaking a leg while holding the pistol. The date and time when the video was shot is yet to be ascertained.
While use of such weapons in public is illegal, Puri SP Umashankar Mishra has assured to launch an investigation into the case.
"License is not issued to use weapon in public or misuse it any other way. After an investigation we will get to know who all are involved in the incident," said Mishra.
As per reports, two bodyguards of Narayan Sahu alias Narua, a well-known businessman of Puri, fired seven rounds of bullets while dancing to the tune of a Haryanvi song during a party in Balisahi area. Sahu was also seen shaking a leg while holding the pistol.
Matter came to the fore after a video of the entire incident captured in a camera went viral on social media platforms a few days ago. However, the exact date when the video was shot is yet to be ascertained.
Sources said the private bodyguards of Narua identified as Papu, Bakur Kumar and Devendra Kumar are residents of Uttar Pradesh.
Police have seized two pistols and bullets from the possession of Narua and his bodyguards. As the use of such weapons in public is illegal, a case has been registered at Town Police Station in Puri.
Boudh Superintendent of Police, V. Raghunath Rao informed about the arrests at a press conference on Wednesday.
The accused have been identified as Milan Patra and Abhishek Sahani, both belonging to Podapada Sahi in Boudh town.
As per the police, Pramod had taken Rs 35,000 from Milan to provide a country-made gun, but reportedly failed to deliver the firearm. An enraged Milan later devised a plan to eliminate Pramod.
The police further said that Abhishek called Pramod on his mobile asking him to meet on the evening of October 11. Upon Pramod's arrival, Milan stabbed him with a sharp weapon and later strangulated him to death. Milan and Abhishek then took the body to the Mahanadi River bank and tried to burn it using petrol. Then they dumped the half-burnt body in the river, police informed.
(Edited By Bikram Keshari Jena)
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The victim has been identified as one Ramesh Parekh of Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur.
According to reports, Parekh was talking over phone near the LIC office when two bike-borne miscreants snatched away the bag from him at around 2.30 pm on Saturday. The looter duo fled the spot on the two-wheeler after committing the offence.
“I was attending my wife’s call, when the miscreants snatched away the money, which I had collected from my business transaction,” said Parekh.
The victim has lodged a complaint in this regard with Nabarangpur police. Efforts were on by the police to identify and trace the looters.
(Edited by Ramakant Biswas)