Tag: Cops

Jagatsinghpur: In a major development in the murder case of nurse Niharika Patra, her friend and accused Kishore Chandra Anchal alias Raja, surrendered before the police today. Raja was absconding after body of the 23-year-old victim, who worked as a paramedical staff at a private nursing home in Cuttack was found from Biluakhai riverbed in Jagatsinghpur […]

Kalahandi: Based on Junagarh gang rape survivor’s fresh allegations that the person who had given her lift on his motorcycle is the prime culprit, police arrested the concerned accused today. Junagarh Police arrested Lalindra Sabar after recording statements of the survivor once again under section 161 of CrPC. Later, Sabar was forwarded to the JMFC […]

Bargarh: Ahead of the Bijepur bypoll on October 21, Director General of Police (DGP), BK Sharma has assured that police will remain unbiased while discharging its duties and will not show undue favours to political parties and act as per the guidelines laid out by the Election Commission. During a review meeting held today at […]

Khurda: Three Odisha police officials were sent on compulsory retirement for their doubtful integrity in exercise of powers under Rule 71 of Odisha Service Code, informed DGP BK Sharma today. The compulsory retirement orders of Sub-inspector Banamali Nayak, Assistant sub-inspectors Kishore Kumar Bag and Birabar Lenka were given by concerned Superintendents of Police in pursuance […]

Rourkela: Police have arrested one person for allegedly locking up a woman and her mother inside a house at Basanti Colony in Rourkela for 40 days and harassing them. Both the women were rescued by a team of cops today. The matter came to light after the husband of the woman, who went missing, lodged […]

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 […]

Nabarangpur: The last rites of the girl allegedly gang raped and murdered in Nabarangpur was performed today in the presence of district sub-collector, Kodinga tehsildar and family members of the victim. As per reports, sub-collector Bhaskar Raita lent a shoulder to the mortal remains of the victim while it was being carried to the cremation […]

Puri: In response to the reports of three foreign tourists climbing up a police watchtower near Puri Jagannath temple and shooting video of the temple interiors, Puri SP Umashankar Das said that the tourists were stopped by cops present at the tower. “The tourists were trying to climb up the watchtower but were stopped by […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s announcement in the year 2016 to roll out Commissionerate system of police in three important cities-Sambalpur, Berhampur and Rourkela, the proposal is yet to see the light of the day. As per reports, the central government had approved relevant posts to under the system for the mentioned cities a […]

Koraput: Almost a month after a teacher was found hanging in the official quarter of district education officer (DEO) in Koraput, a special squad of police have arrested the DEO Pramod Panda from Cuttack in connection with the case. Earlier, two persons were arrested by Koraput police over the incident. On December 8, Chittaranjan, a […]

Cuttack: Even after a month since an elderly couple from Beleswar area of Cuttack was murdered, the Commissionerate Police is yet to get any clue in the case following which family of the victim has announced Rs 50,000 cash reward for information on the culprits. “My parents had no enmity with anyone so I am […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after the roof of an under-construction terminal linkage building collapsed at Bhubaneswar airport leaving one dead, the Commissionerate Police arrested four persons including the chief of the company engaged in the construction of the building. As per police sources, Dillip Khatei, chief of Dilip Constructions Pvt Ltd which is executing the construction work; […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Sunday imposed new traffic regulations to decongest the highly busy Rajmahal square and Bapuji Nagar area in the Smart City. According to a new traffic advisory communicated through a public notice from the Commissionerate Police, no vehicles will be allowed to park on the service road from Kalpana to Rajmahal […]

Rourkela: An irate mob pelted stones at police personnel and broke barricades around a Covid-19 containment zone in this steel city on Monday, causing injuries to around four and triggering tension in the area, police said. The incident happened when a group of residents of Nala Road, which has been declared a containment zone following […]

Rourkela: Palpable tension prevailed at the Steel city today after a scuffle broke out between locals and police personnel in Rourkela reportedly over demands to lift the containment orders imposed in several areas. On April 26, the Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) had marked some areas of the city as containment and buffer zones after detection […]