Tag: Crime Branch

Bhubaneswar: The economic offence wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch on Sunday arrested Kedar Nath Sahu, the managing director of Akash India Multicomplex Ltd for allegedly duping investors to the tune of Rs 3 crore. Special Director General of Police (Crime Branch) BK Sharma informed about the arrest through a tweet.   EOW of #OdishaCrimeBranch […]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch has arrested Swati Rekha for cheating ICICI Bank, Bhubaneswar branch, with the use of forged documents to secure a loan of Rs 1.24 crore. This was informed by Crime Branch Special DG BK Sharma in a tweet message today. EOW of #OdishaCrimeBranch arrested accused Swati […]

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its effort to curb land mafia and land frauds, the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch on Sunday arrested a person for allegedly duping investors in Odisha. It was informed by special DG (Crime Branch) BK Sharma through his tweeter account. “Special Director General of Police (Crime Branch) B.K. Sharma in […]

Bhadrak: As the situation in violence-hit Bhadrak is returning to normalcy, curfew has been relaxed from morning 7 am till 5 pm today. The prohibitory orders had been relaxed from morning 7 am till 4 pm yesterday. Bus services which had resumed yesterday are also running normally today. Meanwhile, the Cyber Cell of the Crime […]

Bhadrak: The cyber cell of the state Crime Branch (CB) detained five persons in connection with the circulation of objectionable remarks in social media that led to communal riots in the town. All the five accused belong to Bhadrak and are being interrogated, said CB Special DG BK Sharma here today. A seven-member team of the CB had […]

Bhadrak/Cuttack: As the cyber team of Odisha Crime Branch today reached the town to probe into Bhadrak violence over circulation of objectionable materials in social media, the administration has declared to open the educational institutions, banks and other offices in the district from tomorrow. The decision comes even after a fresh violence resurfacing at Bonth […]

Bhadrak: To combat any further instigation of violence, the State government has today blocked social media platforms like WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook for 48 hours in Bhadrak town and adjacent areas. The social media sites wouldn’t work from 7 pm today. Besides, all educational institutions in the town will remain closed on Monday. The district […]

Bhadrak: After registering a case with Cyber Crime police station under Sections 153(A) and 295 (A), the Cyber Cell of Crime Branch has today begun probe into the rumours being spread on social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook which fuelled the communal tension in Bhadrak town. Special director general of police (Crime) BK Sharma […]

Bhadrak: After a considerable improvement in the overall situation of the curfew clamped Bhadrak, State Crime Branch has begun probe into the ‘abusive’ posts made on Hindu deities on Social Media that had erupted the unrest on Thursday. The investigative agency has been directed to file cases and take immediate action against all those involved […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly saw regular adjournments today amid ruckus created by opposition in connection with the Ganjam’s district Patrapur gangrape case. Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra repeated his demand of a Crime Branch probe into the incident. Mishra termed it as a shameful incident for whole country. He said such an incident would have rocked […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: A day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed the State Crime Branch to probe into the posting of obscene remarks against some girls in Facebook, the main accused has been arrested from Mahanga area in Cuttack district last night. Crime Branch special DG BK Sharma confirmed about the arrest the main accused Sujit Sahu. […]

Bhubaneswar: After a team of students of three women’s educational institutions met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat premises today to demand for an action against the persons involved in posting obscene remarks against Rama Devi varsity students along with their photos on social site Facebook, the chief minister directed the State Crime […]

Puri: Protest grows over Swargadwar land encroachment allegations. While BJP had staged an agitation on the issue yesterday, Puri District Students Congress and Srikshetra Sukarsha Bahini (SSB) took to streets today demanding a high level probe of the case. Both the groups staged a mass agitation at Atharnala here, due to which traffic to Puri […]

Baripada: In a shocking revelation, a fake university has been found to be running in the name of North Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district. As per information, acting upon a letter to check the authenticity of a certificate of a Haryana-based student, authorities of the North Orissa University (NOU) found […]