Tag: Crime Branch

Bhubaneswar: Expelled BJD leader and MLA from Gopalpur, Pradeep Panigrahi was picked up by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch from his residence, said his wife Sujata on Thursday evening. According to Sujata, some people who came in four vehicles arrived at the MLA’s official residence. “Identifying themselves as sleuths from the […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after he was picked up by a special team, Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi was arrested on Thursday evening by the Crime Branch. The Crime Branch officials in a statement claimed that Panigrahi was collecting money from various people on behalf of Akash Pathak, son of suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak. Both Abhay […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of State Vigilance has found evidence of another Rs 1.28 crore cash deposited in the accounts of Akash Kumar Pathak, the son of senior IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak. With this, the total bank deposits in his accounts in Bhubaneswar and Pune detected so far has climbed up to […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after Gopalpur MLA and expelled BJD leader Pradeep Panigrahi’s arrest, the Crime Branch produced him before the SDJM’s court in Bhubaneswar on same Thursday night. He was heard saying, “My earlier words on the Odisha government have come true. They have arrested me,” while being taken to the court by the CB sleuths […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could possibly spell fresh troubles for the arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is all set to undertake a detailed probe into his financial transactions. The ED, which is probing the money laundering allegations against IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak and his son Akash, has sought several documents including […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Vigilance department on Friday stumbled upon more deposits of Rs 1.47 crore in the bank accounts of Akash Pathak, son of arrested IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak. Today’s detection takes the total amount of deposits in three bank accounts of Akash Pathak in Bhubaneswar and Pune to […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Crime Branch and Enforcement Directorate gradually tightening noose on the Pathaks, Akash, the son of arrested IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak on Saturday hinted towards a conspiracy against his family. Akash while being taken for his production before the court, told reporters that he was working with the Tata motors but now […]

Bhubaneswar: A senior police official on Saturday claimed that Akash Pathak, son of suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak, who was recently arrested in connection with a recruitment fraud, was never an employee with Tata Motors. The officer, who is part of the team investigating the case against Akash, said that Tata Motors had been […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Tata Motors clarified that Akash Pathak was not a bonafide employee of the company, the Crime Branch on Sunday intensified the questioning of Pathak’s private secretary David Peter. Peter was brought to Bhubaneswar from Pune by a special team of the Crime Branch. After initial round of questioning, the investigating agency […]

Rayagada: In a major crackdown, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch on Monday seized 150 kilograms of gemstones worth Rs 1.5 crore following a raid in Rayagada district. The raid was conducted following a tip-off that huge quantities of semi-precious gemstones have been stashed at a godown allegedly belonging to a […]

Bhubaneswar: Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi, who was arrested by the Odisha Crime Branch on charges of forgery, fraud and criminal conspiracy on December 3, will have to stay in jail for some more time after a local court rejected his bail plea on Monday evening. The Additional District and Sessions Court (III), Bhubaneswar heard his […]

Bhubaneswar: More troubles seem to be in store for Akash Pathak, son of suspended IFS officer Abhay Pathak, who is presently cooling his heels at the Jharpada jail following arrest on charges of cheating scores of people by promising them jobs at Tata Motors. The Commissionerate Police is contemplating obtaining Akash’s custody to carry out […]

Rayagada: Political circles are now heating up in Odisha over the seizure of precious gemstones worth around Rs 1.5 crore in Rayagada with the Congress alleging involvement of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the illegal trade. The Congress has alleged that the accused Jitendra Kumar Behera, who has been arrested by the Special […]

Nayagarh: A day after arresting one person in the sensational kidnapping and murder of five-year-old Nayagarh girl ‘Pari’, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Odisha Crime Branch on Monday has clarified that it has sufficient evidence against the arrestee, who is the prime accused in the ghastly crime. “The SIT has acquired sufficient evidence against […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of the State CID, Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested a drug peddler from Khordha district following seizure of 302 grams brown sugar from his possession. As per reports, the accused Akhay Baliarsingh was nabbed by a team of the STF while he was trying to strike a deal of […]