Balasore: A person sustained critical injury when a retired professor opened fire at him near Gadagadia Square in the district on Saturday. The injured has been identified as Anand Singh. He has been shifted to the SCB Medical College & Hospital at Cuttack in a critical condition. According to reports, the accused identified as Laxman […]
Ganjam: The Ganjam district police probing the Purushottampur gold loot case claims to have achieved a major breakthrough following the arrest of 15 persons involved in the burglary. As per reports, police have also succeeded in recovering 6.5 kilograms of gold ornaments looted from the house of a gold trader, Surendra Nath Nayak on October […]
Keonjhar: An Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan allegedly hacked his father to death over some family dispute at Madanpur village under Ramachandrapur police limits of Keonjhar district on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Pramod Ojha while the jawan has been identified as Ranjan Kumar Ojha. He is posted in Arunachal Pradesh and […]
Jajpur: Miscreants decamped with gold ornaments, Rs 1.5 lakh and a scooty after attacking a business with sharp weapons near Brahmabarada under Dharmasala block in Jajpur district Tuesday night. Maheswar sustained severe injuries on his head, right hand and leg in the attack and admitted to Jajpur hospital for treatment. Reports said, Maheswar was returning […]
Puri: In an appalling incident, a betel shop owner was allegedly attacked over an unsettled payment of just Rs 60 in the town on Wednesday. According to sources, the youth identified as Balaram Mohapatra has a paan shop in Mochi Sahi area of the town. He reportedly had an altercation with another man over an […]
Bhubaneswar: In a broad daylight heist, some unknown miscreants looted Rs 5 lakh cash from a woman near Trinath Bazaar Chhak in Phulnakhara area of Cuttack district. The entire incident has been recorded in a CCTV camera installed near the crime spot. As per reports, the woman withdrew the money from the Indian Overseas Bank […]
Baripada: An inebriated man allegedly killed his mother at Dudhiasole village under Shyamakhunta Police limits in Mayurbhanj district on Saturday night over some family dispute. The deceased has been identified as Gurubari Singh. Meanwhile, Baripada Sadar police have arrested the accused Buddhu Singh. As per reports, the mother-son duo was not in good terms over […]
Rayagada: Four accused, including the complainant himself, were arrested by Rayagada police on Friday in connection with Rs 24 lakh loot reported on August 10, 2020. As per reports, an FIR was registered in Rayagada Police Station on August 10 regarding robbery of Rs 24 Lakh from an employee of a private finance company. However, […]
Rourkela: The district police on Friday detained 3 suspects including a noted businessman on charges of conspiring to kill ex-councillor Ashesh Mohanty alias Bulu by hurling bombs at him in Basanti Colony area of the Steel City last night. Police sources said, Bulu was returning home in a two-wheeler at around 9 pm when two […]
Berhampur: The minor girl who reportedly went missing on January 10 from Sonapur area was found unconscious near a pond by some locals in Marine Police limits of Ganjam district on Saturday. She was rushed to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in a critical condition and is currently undergoing treatment, police said. As per latest […]
Kalahandi: A youth was robbed of Rs 6 lakh and killed by some masked and armed miscreants while his father, a cotton farmer sustained critical injuries in the attack in a forest near Borguda village under Junagarh Police limits of Kalahandi district on Thursday. Reports said, one Balabhadra Nayak and his father Chitta Nayak were […]
Cuttack: The Twin City Police Commissionerate on Friday arrested another girlfriend of gangster Mohammad Shakil on charges of extortion. Dargha Bazaar Police in Cuttack reportedly arrested her based on allegations of demanding Rs 10 lakh extortion from a businessman in Buxi Bazaar of the Silver city. Sources said that cops are interrogating her at an […]
Khurda: The district police today released a photo of the suspect involved in the firing on two persons including a paediatrician, Manas Das at Badashakha market in Khurda Town on December 15. Addressing a presser, Khurda SP Ajay Pratap Swain also announced provision of cash reward for those who can give information on the killer. […]
Sundergarh: Police today recovered the mutilated body of a youth from a forest near a sponge iron factory at Kendrikala village under Bonai Police limits in Sundergarh district. This morning, when locals spotted the body of the youth with his throat slit and grievous injuries on other parts of the body, they immediately informed police […]
Balasore: Notorious inter-state drugs smuggler Munna Khan alias Mir Rahat Ali Khan today managed to give cops a slip while his mother was arrested by Excise sleuths on charges of carrying out illegal trade of narcotics. According to sources, a joint team from Cuttack Excise Intelligence (Central Range) and Balasore Police conducted surprise raids at […]
Cuttack: The kingpin of an inter-state gang of looters, Sachin Pawar alias Bablu was arrested following an exchange of fire with police in Naraj Bazaar area of Cuttack district Tuesday late night. Bablu sustained bullet injuries on his right leg during the police encounter and has been admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital for […]
Ganjam: A man was brutally hacked to death and his body cut into pieces allegedly by his wife & brother-in-law at Patadhar village under Jagannath Prasad Police limits in Ganjam district on Wednesday night. The matter came to the fore after the brother-sister duo surrendered at the police station today. As per reports, the man […]
Rourkela: An Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP) constable was arrested on Sunday evening for allegedly misbehaving with two college girls inside the OSAP 4th Battalion campus in Rourkela on Saturday. The matter came to fore after a complaint was lodged in connection with the incident at Plant Site Police Station on Sunday. Sources said that […]
Koraput: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth of her village under Borigumma block of Koraput district on Wednesday. The matter came to the fore after the family members of the minor girl lodged a complaint at Borigumma Police Station on Thursday, said reports. As per the complaint, a youth identified as Dambaru […]
Jagatsinghpur: The Jagatsinghpur Police has claimed to have cracked the murder case of a missing youth, whose decomposed body was recovered from a pond near Katara village under Tirtol Police limits the district on October 24. The deceased Rashmi Ranjan Swain alias Dipa of Jajanga village was missing since October 22. Police have arrested two […]
Bhubaneswar/Nayagarh: A man died allegedly after being thrashed by his in-laws in Badabhuin village under Fatehgarh Police limits of Nayagarh. As per reports, Ganesh Dash, working at a chemist shop in Laxmi Sagar area of the capital city was living with his wife and a 5-year-old daughter in Bhubaneswar. But after a dispute, his wife […]
Puri: Three persons including two brothers of former sarpanch of Sadanandpur, Ajay Behera were brutally hacked to death by miscreants in broad daylight near Pattnaikiya Chhak on Cuttack-Puri National Highway on Sunday. Following an investigation, police have detained four persons in this connection. The bodies of the deceased- Krushna Behera, Purna Behera and Panchu Behera of […]
Jharsuguda: Two unidentified miscreants opened fire at one Sanjay Gupta, husband of a former councillor, at Kalinagar under Orient Police limits in Jharsuguda district on Monday. According to reports, the two bike-borne miscreants intercepted Sanjay while he was out for morning walk near Kalingar and fired two rounds of bullets at him before fleeing the […]
Nuapada: Komana Police in Nuapada district on Sunday arrested a man on the charges of beheading his nephew. As per reports, one Chintamani Majhi of Jadamunda village under Komna police limits had called his two nephews–Dhansing Majhi and Debarchana Majhi to his agricultural field to cut a mahua tree at around 11 AM on Saturday. […]
Jajpur: The additional district judge on Friday sentenced four members of a family to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of their daughter-in-law at Solpata in Panikoili area of Jajpur district in 2014. he newly-wed woman woman , Kusumlata Sahu was allegedly murdered by her husband and in-laws and her family had then lodged […]
Rourkela: A minor girl was allegedly gang raped in Ratnakhandi village under Bisra police limits of Sundergarh district yesterday. Police have arrested four persons in the case. According to sources, the four accused forcefully took the girl to a nearby forest while she was returning home and raped her. When the girl didn’t return home, […]
Sambalpur: A few days after unidentified miscreants robbed a man of Rs 3.3 lakh inside the Union Bank in front of Puri Town Police station, another such bizarre crime was reported from Ainthapalli in Sambalpur district where a man was distracted by a robber and looted of over Rs 3.5 lakh on Thursday in a […]
Puri: In a bizarre crime, unidentified miscreants robbed a man of Rs 3.3 lakh by cleverly distracting him inside the Union Bank in front of Puri Town Police station on Friday. The incident occurred soon after one Prahalad Champatiray of Kanasa village withdrew money from the Bank. As per the complaint filed by the victim […]