Tag: Crime Branch

Cuttack: At a time when the family members of the Kunduli girl are staging demonstration in New Delhi seeking a CBI probe, Odisha Crime Branch officials on Monday gave a clean chit to the report of the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL). Addressing a press conference, Crime Branch SP RB Panigrahi today stated that examination […]

Cuttack: Former fast bowler of India Debashish Mohanty today approached the Crime Branch of Odisha alleging abusive trolling against him and relatives on internet. Mohanty, who represented India in two Test matches and nearly 50 one day internationals in the late 1990s, lodged a complaint with the cyber cell of the Crime Branch seeking immediate action […]

Bhubaneswar:  A special team of Crime Branch (CB) led by a DSP rank officer has begun investigation into the gang rape and death of the Kunduli girl. The CB officials who reached Kunduli last night will visit the hospital, where the girl was admitted for treatment and the Pottangi police station for a detailed investigation. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police in its action-taken report submitted to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on December 14, had dismissed the allegations of gang rape brought by the Kunduli girl who committed suicide on Monday. In the report submitted on December 14, the Crime Branch said in a bid to hide […]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch on Friday arrested Aman Charan Sahoo, the power of attorney holder of Seven Hills Estate limited on charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs 5 crore. EOW officials informed that the officials of Seven Hills Estate Ltd had duped nearly 200 people on […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) ADG Mahendra Pratap’s report revealed medical reports of the Kunduli gang rape survivor claim no evidence of rape, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today ordered an inquiry by a sitting district judge into the matter. The judicial inquiry into the alleged gang rape case will be […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Tuesday effected a major reshuffle in IPS level by changing portfolios of 19 senior officers. Director General of Prisons, BK Sharma was appointed DG Fire Services and Commandant General, Home Guards in place of Binoy Behera, who retired today. Binayand Jha, who is presently posted as ADG, Law and Order, has […]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch today nabbed a woman in Bhubaneswar in connection with a loan fraud to the tune of Rs 3 crore. The woman, identified as Sanghamitra Gouda, had taken separate loans from three different sources by mortgaging a single piece of land. According to sources, the woman […]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch (CB) on Tuesday arrested Kamalakant Pattnaik, founder of chit fund company Sai Pragati, accused of duping investors of crores of rupees. Pattnaik, who works as a traffic inspector in Transport Department was arrested from Bhubaneswar today. According to sources, the EOW took up the probe after […]

Cuttack: With cases of death caused by online game ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ on the rise, DGP RP Sharma today reviewed the progress of probe in cases handled by the Crime Branch. Sharma also issued detailed guidelines for police as well as parents and teachers. The DGP also issued advisory to SPs and DCPs to check […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid a spurt in cyber crime cases, Odisha Government has decided to set up three more cyber police stations in different parts of the State. The three proposed cyber police stations will come up at Berhampur, Sambalpur and Rourkela, informed Home Department in a tweet. According to sources, all the three new cyber police […]

Paralakhemundi/Bhubaneswar: Even as one year has elapsed since the death of Paralakhemundi royal palace manager Ananga Manjari Patra and her three siblings, reason of their death is still shrouded in mystery. The Odisha Crime Branch which is probing the case is yet to make a breakthrough in the case. Dead bodies of Ananga, her sister […]

Bhubaneswar: Two rice mill owners were arrested by Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch for misappropriation of government rice worth over Rs 4 crores. The accused have been identified as Dilip Agarwal of Sabitri Industries of  Badchana in Jajpur and Pankaj Agarwal of Ganapati Industries in Bhadrak. Through a tweet, Special Director General […]

Puri: In what is being touted as the first conviction in a ‘cyber pornography’ case in Odisha, RTI Activist Jayanta Das has been awarded 6-year jail term and asked to pay Rs 9,000 fine by Puri SDJM Court for defaming a lady on internet in 2012. The accused has been convicted for sending obscene messages […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today granted conditional bail to self-styled godman Sarathi alias Santosh Raul in a case registered by Crime Branch of the Odisha Police. As per the conditions put forth by the HC, Sarathi cannot visit Barimula or Kendrapara. He is not allowed to take out a procession after being released from […]