Tag: Crime Branch Probe

DSP Sisir Kumar Mishra will lead the investigation while three officers- one inspector, one sub-inspector and an ASI will assist him in the probe.

Cuttack : Amidst the on-going controversy surrounding the lawyers’ agitation, the Orissa High Court deferred its hearing till tomorrow as Crime Branch failed to submit the charge sheet today. As per reports, during the hearing held on November 9, the Crime Branch had asked for a six-week time for submission of the charge sheet, which […]

Bhubaneswar: Former minister and senior leader of ruling-BJD, Damodar Rout today stirred the hornet’s nest once again by questioning the Crime Branch probe into gangster Tito’s businesses and connections. Damodar Rout said that Bapu Parida who has been arrested today for his association with Tito has no links with the gangster. “A few years ago, […]

Bhubaneswar: Tightening its noose around arrested gangster Syed Usman Ali alias Tito, the special task force (STF) of the Crime Branch is planning to interrogate his wife to unearth benami properties and his links with the Ollywood industry. Sources from the probe agency said since bulk of the gangster’s properties are in the name of […]

Cuttack: Though anguish and disappointment was written large on the face of newly-wed Reema Sahu, the lone survivor in the Patnagarh parcel bomb blast case, she reiterated her demand for a detailed probe into the incident in which two persons including her husband Soumyasekhar was killed. Reema, who was discharged from SCB Medical College and […]

Bolangir: A four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Crime Branch led by Additional SP Anil Kumar Das continued with its probe into the mysterious parcel bomb explosion by visiting the crime spot at Patnagarh. The team officials met the family members of deceased Soumyasekhar Sahu to collect more information in connection with the incident. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of Matric Examination question papers going viral on social media and subsequent order of a Crime Branch probe into the matter, the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) today issued a directive tightening norms on entry of mobile phones into the centres during the Plus-II examinations scheduled to begin from […]

Bhubaneswar: The School and Mass Education Department on Thursday ordered for a Crime Branch probe into the ‘fake recruitment’ of teachers under ‘UJJWAL’ yojana of Odisha Government. The decision for a high-level probe was taken after the department came across a ‘forged letter’ entrusting Diligence Learning Focus Society (DLFS) Trust for appointment of teachers in […]

Bhubaneswar: A three member team of cyber cell of State Crime Branch has left for Berhampur today to probe into WannaCry Ransomware attack at Berhampur city hospital. The investigating team headed by inspector Anil Anand will also visit Purusottampur CHC in Ganjam district. Computers at Berhampur City hospital and Purusottampur Community Health Centre (CHC) were […]

Bhubaneswar: Series of developments unfolded today in connection with the gangrape of a minor girl in Patrapur of Ganjam distirct with the arrest of the a accused to Crime Branch probe being ordered into the incident by chief minister Naveen Patnaik. After the Odisha Assembly witnessed repeated adjournment with opposition demanding Crime Branch probe into […]

Bhuabneswar: Three suicide notes and a dairy have been recovered from the house where the bodies of Anang Manjari Patra, the palace manager of Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deb, the successor of Gajapati dynasty of Pralakhemundi, and two of her siblings were found dead on Sunday afternoon, Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh revealed this […]

Sonepur: A Crime Branch inquiry is now underway into allegations of a nexus between Sonepur police and ganja smugglers. The accused in the dock is Srikant Tripathy, the inspector-in-charge of Town Police Station and the then officer of Tarabha Police Station. The nexus was exposed after it came to light that in 90 percent cases […]