Tag: Crime Branch

Bhubaneswar: The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden of Odisha, Hari Shankar Upadhyay on Saturday sought a crime branch probe into the deaths of two elephants in Keonjhar and Boudh districts. Upadhyay informed, “There was a bullet wound on the elephant which found dead in Boudh, while the tusks of the elephant […]

Bhubaneswar: As a part of its investigation into the death of motivational speaker and social activist Aditya Dash, the Crime Branch of Odisha Police on Friday questioned his wife and other family members. A three-member special team of the Crime Branch reached Aditya’s house in Sunderpada area of Bhubaneswar at around 3.30 PM and questioned […]

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police, which is probing the death of motivational speaker and social activist, Aditya Dash, is likely to conduct polygraph test on a few persons linked to the case. A senior official of the three-member special team of the Crime Branch informed that the lie detection test may be conducted […]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested Seema Nayak, Director of Shreya Infrastructures Services Pvt. Ltd. for allegedly duping investors to the tune of…

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police probing the death of motivational speaker and social activist Aditya Dash interrogated his wife and parents again within a span of a couple of weeks. A three-member team of the Crime Branch visited Aditya’s house and questioned his wife Bidyashree and his parents for several hours today, informed […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Crime Branch has issued an advisory cautioning the State police about a fake job website that has been duping youths of the State on false promises of providing employment in IT sectors in India as well as abroad. In an advisory to the Deputy Commissioners of Police in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, Superintendents […]

Sundergarh: The Crime Branch of Odisha police on Saturday arrested a home guard in connection with the rape and illegal abortion of a 13-year-old girl in Birmitrapur police limits of the district. The arrested home guard has been identified as Gurucharan Farikar who was working as a driver at Birmitrapur police station. According to sources, […]

Bhubaneswar: In a new twist to the sensational death case of social activist and motivational speaker, Aditya Dash, his father today levelled allegations that a ‘psycho woman’ is involved in the killing. He further went on to say that the lady was in a one-sided love affair with Aditya but she could not persuade him […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown, police have arrested two persons in connections with a gun deal in the Capital city on Thursday. The cops have also detained a woman associate of the drug dealers. She was reportedly an employee of a mall in Bhubaneswar. As per reports, the duo had come to the Smart City […]

Jajpur: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch busted a fake chewing tobacco (zarda) manufacturing unit in Jajpur district on Friday and seized a huge cache of tobacco products and equipment and machines used in the manufacture. Acting on a tip-off, the STF conducted a raid on the illegal tobacco manufacturing unit in […]

Bhubaneswar: The probe into the gang rape allegations in the Capital city took a new turn today after the case, which was being investigated by the Commissionerate Police, was transferred to the Crime Branch. Even though a PIL has already been filed in the Orissa High Court seeking CBI or a SIT probe into the […]

Sambalpur/Sonepur: In a major breakthrough, Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch arrested a smuggler with a leopard skin near Sambalpur-Sonepur border on Tuesday. According to reports, the STF conducted raid in Sambalpur-Sonepur border area and seized the leopard skin meant for illegal selling. On the other hand, an STF official stated, “we had intelligence […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the festive season, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Police Crime Branch busted an illegal weapon-supply racket on Friday by arresting two dealers from the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. Eight firearms including two pistols, five revolvers (country-made) and a rifle and 12 rounds of live ammunition were seized from the two […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Crime Branch personnel on Saturday called off their scheduled visit to OTV office in connection with a notice served to the company’s MD. The Crime Branch had sent a notice to OTV (MD) in connection with the alleged minor gang rape case. In response to the notice, the OTV MD had urged […]

Bhubaneswar: Crime Branch STF Seizes Brown Sugar Worth Rs 1 Crore, 1 Held Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch seized brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore during a raid near Baramunda bus stand area here in the capital city late on Friday night. According to sources, one person identified as SK […]