Tag: Crime News

Bhawanipatna: After almost eight months of investigation, the Koksara police claimed to have cracked the murder case of Ganpati Majhi of Aainli village in Kalahandi district with the arrest of four persons on Saturday. Dharmagarh Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) SN Satpathy, in a press conference yesterday informed that Ganpati was murdered over his alleged […]

Baripada: The body of a minor girl, missing since yesterday was recovered from a forest near Gurudabasa village under Betnoti of Mayurbhanj district early this morning. It is being suspected that the Class IV girl was raped and subsequently murdered, police sources said. A youth, identified as Jami Kanta Mahanta of the same village has […]

Angul: In yet another incident of sexual assault against minor girls, a 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man at Khantapasi village under Pallahara block in Angul district Thursday. The accused, identified as Guru Badra of nearby Barihamunda village, has been arrested by police. The incident came to the fore after the survivor along […]

Bhubaneswar: Sleuths from the Cuttack Vigilance Cell today arrested a Tehsildar of Sundargarh district after unaccounted money amounting over Rs 5 lakh was seized from his vehicle. The accused Lathikata Tehsildar Bijay Behera was on his way to his paternal house in Chhatrapur of Ganjam district when vigilance sleuths intercepted his car at Pallahara in […]

Sonepur: A 40-year-old man, identified as Jayant Das, was shot dead while he was sleeping in his house at Binika in Subarnapur district last night. As per sources, Das was sleeping keeping the door of his house open due to power cut, when an unidentified miscreant barged inside, opened fire at him and fled the […]

Kendrapara: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and impregnated by her paternal uncle and cousin brother in Pattamundai area of Kendrapara district. The matter came to light after the survivor, now seven-months pregnant, lodged an FIR at the Pattamundai police station on Wednesday. The minor girl had left studies after the death of her mother […]

Jajpur: A 14-year-old boy allegedly attacked a girl with a sickle and injured her seriously following a dispute over share of dates they collected together in Jajpur district, police said on Wednesday. The 11-year-old girl suffered multiple injuries in the attack and has been admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. She received […]

Bhubaneswar: Body of a man was found under mysterious circumstances on premises of the Kapileshwar temple at Kanan Vihar here early this morning.The deceased identified as Dilip Parichha of Agarpada area in Bhadrak district was working as a security guard in a private company in Bhubaneswar. According to sources, locals spotted the body of Dilip […]

Bhubaneswar: One person was injured after unidentified assailants hurled bombs on a restaurant at Bapuji Nagar here late Monday night. An employee of the restaurant injured in the incident was immediately rushed to a hospital. According to sources, four bike-borne miscreants came near the main gate of the restaurant, threw two country-made bombs and fled […]

Berhampur: Tension prevailed at Gate Bazar in Berhampur after locals thrashed seven persons suspecting them to be child lifters. According to sources, six people from Tamil Nadu were initially detained while they were roaming around in Gate Bazar area under Town Police Station on Saturday night. On finding them suspiciously moving around in the area, […]

Phulbani: A half-burnt body of a youth was recovered under mysterious circumstances from an isolated place near a petrol pump at Baliguda in Kandhamal district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Tapan Behera of Baragada village in Muniguda. Though the exact reason behind Tapan’s death is still unclear, it is suspected that he […]

  Parlakhemundi: A former councillor has been arrested by the Parlakhemundi police for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to kill an MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly). The accused identified as G.Bijay Kumar has been forwarded to the court, informed sources. A complaint was filed by the concerned MLA based on a voice recording in which the […]

Nayagarh/ Balasore: Incidents of sexual assault on minor girls continue unabated in Odisha after rape of two more minor girls, including a divyang, was reported from two separate places in the State. A differently-abled minor girl was allegedly raped and impregnated by a youth at Itamati village of Nayagarh district. The accused, Brajabandhu Sahoo of […]

Ganjam/Jagatsinghpur: Vigilance sleuths Wednesday conducted raids on residences and offices of two government officials- the Block Education Officer (BEO) of Dharakote in Ganjam and an Assistant Engineer of Roads & Building Division in Jagatsinghpur on charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income. A three-member team of Berhampur division vigilance simultaneously searched […]

Keonjhar: A youth sustained critical injuries after being hit by an arrow at Chandaposi village of Harichandanpur block in Keonjhar district over a family dispute. The incident took place last evening after a verbal duel ensued between Binjhar Majhi and his brother Bira Majhi yesterday. The situation worsened after Bira shot an arrow at Binjhar’s […]