Tag: Crime Branch

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Odisha: CB Claims Record Brown Sugar Seizure In 2020 Amid Questions Over Low Conviction Rate

Bhubaneswar: Tightening the noose around the drug peddlers, the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch, Odisha claims to have marked a significant achievement in the seizure of contrabands in a single year. Former officials have however raised concerns over CB not reaching the endpoint of the investigations. So far in 2020, the STF has […]

  • Saturday, 10 April 2021
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OTV Targeted Again: Top Political Leaders Slam Odisha Government’s Vindictive Action

Bhubaneswar: Top political leaders cutting across party lines have condemned the repeated vindictive attacks and action against OTV and its employees by sets of law enforcement agencies and administrative officials allegedly at the behest of Odisha government. Leaders from major opposition parties including Congress and BJP slammed the Odisha government and the Odisha Crime Branch […]

  • Saturday, 10 April 2021
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‘CFO’s Arrest Without Notice Sign Of Odisha Govt’s Vendetta Against OTV’

Bhubaneswar: The arrest of Manoranjan Sarangi, Odisha Television Limited’s (OTV) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) hours after he was forcibly picked up by the Crime Branch from his residence without any notice in the wee hours of Sunday is a sign of the Odisha government’s vendetta against the channel. Litisha Mangat, OTV’s Operating Officer said, “It […]

  • Saturday, 10 April 2021
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We Welcome Decision To Handover Sarua Land Probe To Income Tax Dept: OTV

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Television Limited (OTV) on Thursday has welcomed the decision of the Odisha Crime Branch to handover the Sarua land probe to the Income Tax department, while stating that the police had resorted to filing a string of fake cases to harass OTV and its’ group companies, including the Odisha Infratech Private Limited […]

  • Saturday, 10 April 2021
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Aditya Dash Death Case: No Evidence Of Murder Yet, Says Crime Branch

Cuttack: The State Crime Branch submitted the status report on the investigation into the death of social activist Aditya Dash before the Orissa High Court here on Wednesday. In its report, the investigating agency stated that they were still to get any evidence to suggest that the social activist had been murdered. The Crime Branch […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
Ex-OIPL Director Manoranjan Sarangi Gets Bail
Ex-OIPL Director Manoranjan Sarangi Gets Bail

Bhubaneswar: The court of the District and Sessions judge, Khordha on Wednesday granted bail to former director of Odisha Infratech Private Limited, Manoranjan Sarangi, who was arrested in connection with the Sarua land issue. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch, probing the case, had picked up Sarangi from his house in Bhubaneswar […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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Major Gun Running Racket Busted In Odisha, 2 Criminals Arrested; 8 Pistols Seized

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch arrested two arms smugglers following a raid near Sikharghat bridge under Niali police limits in Cuttack district on Friday. The…

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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OTV Targeted Again: 'COO Nihar Bhuyan Was Under Odisha Govt Pressure To Resign'

Bhubaneswar: The head of the Human Resources Department of Odisha Television Ltd (OTV), Partha Nandy on Monday said that the sudden resignation of channel’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Nihar Ranjan Bhuyan was on account of the pressure exerted on the latter at the behest of the Odisha government. Terming the senior employee’s exit as another […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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Odisha Govt Admits Pari Was Kidnapped & Murdered, Orders Crime Branch Inquiry

Bhubaneswar: In a major development in the abduction and murder of a 5-year-old girl in Nayagarh district, Minister of State for Home Dibya Shankar Mishra today informed the Assembly that the case has been handed over to the State Crime Branch for further investigation. READ | Pari Murder Case: Kingpin Involved In Kidnapping Children For […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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Odisha: Fake Currency Worth Over Rs 3 Lakh Seized, 1 Held

Koraput: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth over Rs 3 lakh following raids at two places in Koraput district on Wednesday morning. Acting on a tip-off on illegal trade of fake currency notes about to take place, a team from the STF raided two places […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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Pari Murder Case: Statement Of MoS In Odisha Assembly Unfortunate, Says Dharmendra Pradhan

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday made a veiled attack on the State government over the brutal murder of Pari, a five year girl from Naragarh district whose skeletal remains were found 10 days after she went missing from near her house. While talking to reporters today, Pradhan termed the Statement made by the […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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Pari Murder Case: Minister Arun Sahoo Says Heart-Broken Over Incident, Welcomes CB Probe

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the Opposition demand for his resignation over the murder of a 5-year-old girl ‘Pari’ in Nayagarh, Minister Arun Sahoo on Thursday said that he was completely shattered by the incident and wants the truth to come out so that the culprits are punished and the girl gets justice. In his statement before the […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
BJP Demands CBI Investigation In Pari Murder Case
Pari Murder Case: CBI Probe Demand Grows Louder As BJP Threatens State-Wide Agitation

Bhubaneswar: Amid a massive public outrage over the abduction and subsequent murder of five-year-old girl ‘Pari’ in Nayagarh, the Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now demanded handing over the case to the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) for a fair investigation. Addressing a presser, BJP Mahila Morcha leader Smrutirekha Patnaik also […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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Pari Murder Case: Odisha Government Bows To Pressure; Ready For SIT Probe, Says CM

Bhubaneswar: Amid the massive public outrage over the alleged lackadaisical investigation into the abduction and subsequent murder of 5-year-old girl ‘Pari’ in Nayagarh district, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said that the State government is ready for a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the sensational case. Patnaik made the announcement […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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Pari Murder Case: Odisha Government Finally Agrees For SIT Probe; Notification Soon, says Arukha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government under pressure from Opposition parties and large-scale public outrage over the soft paddling in the investigation into the sensational murder of five-year-old Nayagarh girl Pari, finally agreed to institute probe by a special Investigation Team (SIT), on Saturday. Parliamentary Affairs Minister in the Naveen Patnaik government, Bikram Kesari Arukha made the […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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