Tag: Commissionerate Police

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying its action against COVID-19 guidelines violators, the Commissionerate Police have closed down 41 shops and imposed fine on 2,833 persons in the last 24 hours in the city. Informing the development on Twitter, Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash said, “Today 2833 people have been fined for Covid-19 Guidelines violation in UPD Bhubaneswar. Also 41 […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the controversies surrounding the alleged gang rape of a minor girl in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate Police seems to be finding it difficult in identifying their own personnel accused of being involved in the crime. Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash on Tuesday, while apparently trying to dodge questions regarding the steps taken by the investigators […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday directed the Commissionerate Police to submit a status report in connection with the investigation into the alleged gang rape of a minor girl in Bhubaneswar. The court issued the direction while hearing a petition filed before it seeking transfer of the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after a shocking bank heist of around Rs 10 lakh by some unidentified armed miscreants in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate Police on Tuesday arrested a notorious ATM looter. According to sources, a team of police arrested the criminal and seized Rs 42,000 of cash from his possession. Police sources say that there are […]

Bhubaneswar: The second day of the Odisha Assembly’s monsoon session witnessed the Opposition party raising the issue pertaining to the case against the State’s largest media house, Odisha Television Network (OTN) during the discussion on Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill 2020. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Jayanarayan Mishra raked up the case against OTV wherein the […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the inordinate delay in the investigation into the alleged gang rape of a minor girl in Bhubaneswar. Hearing a petition filed to hand over the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI); the court reportedly rapped the police for dragging its feet over […]

Bhubaneswar: High drama unfolded at PMG square, right close to Odisha Assembly on Thursday after a youth held a woman hostage at knife point. He was overpowered by security personnel and Commissionerate Police officials following an intense scuffle that lasted for several minutes. The woman has been rescued and the youth taken into custody by […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems that robbers are having a field day in Bhubaneswar as there has been sharp rise in the incidents of loot and snatching in the capital city. In a latest incident, a woman sustained grievous injuries after miscreants allegedly attacked her in an attempt to snatch her mobile phone while she was on […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after the high-security zone outside the Odisha Assembly witnessed some bizarre scenes with a youth holding his mother hostage at knifepoint; the police claimed that the youth was mentally unstable. The youth held his mother hostage right in the middle of a busy road in front of Odisha Assembly and threatened to slit […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the high drama following a hostage-like-situation outside Odisha Assembly, several question are now being raised over the health condition of the youth who held his mother hostage at knifepoint. Was the accused, Jitendra Pal mentally unsound or there is some other motive behind him resorting to such an extreme step? Such […]

Bhubaneswar: The Quick Action Team (QAT) of the Commissionerate Police has seized 300 gram brown sugar worth around Rs 30 lakh from Pahala area in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, the QAT carried out a raid and seized the drug which was being carried by the traffickers to Bhubaneswar for peddling. Police reportedly […]

Cuttack: In a swift action, PCR staff on Sunday saved a woman while she was attempting to jump into Kathajodi river from Belview bridge. As per reports, the woman from nearby Imampada area was seen moving on the bridge. A group of commuters, suspecting something wrong, alerted nearby Lalbag police station. Within no time, a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Monday claimed breakthrough in the twin bank loot incidents by nabbing the accused involved in the crime. The accused has been identified as Soumya Ranjan Jena. At a presser, Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi today informed that the accused had suffered huge losses during the lockdown and committed the offence only […]

Bhubaneswar: The crime rate in the state capital continues in an upward trend with incidents of loots, snatchings and smuggling of contrabands becoming a regular affair in the city raising serious questions over the law and order situation. In yet another incident of loot, two bike-borne miscreants attacked a food delivery boy and snatched his […]

Cuttack: Tightening noose around the organised crime, the Commissionerate Police on Sunday arrested two persons who were allegedly part of an illegal firearms racket in Cuttack. Six firearms (Four pistols…