Tag: Ganjam

Berhampur: Police arrested a person for allegedly strangulating her lady love to death over a family dispute in Sorada of Ganjam district today. The cops also arrested the father of the accused in this connection. The deceased identified as Bhagyalata Behera was in love with one Prabhakar Bisoi and both were living in Sorada area […]

Berhampur: Two persons were allegedly beaten up and given electric shock after a kangaroo court trial at Arjipalli under Marine Police Station in Ganjam district. The video of the incident went viral on social media. As soon as the video went viral, police swung into action to rescue the victims and rushed them to hospital. […]

Berhampur: Vigilance officials today raided the houses of Chinmaya Tripathy, junior engineer at the Ganjam unit of Roads and Buildings (R&B) division-II on charges of acquisition and possession of property disproportionate to his known sources of income. Under the direction of the Special Vigilance Judge, officials of the anti-corruption wing conducted simultaneous raids at three […]

Berhampur: More than Rs 10 lakh fraud was reported at the State Bank of India (SBI), Karchuli branch in Ganjam district with agriculture loan issued in the name of ghost loanees. While loans were issued by the bank to beneficiaries, details of the loanees could not be found during field visit of bank officials. For […]

Bhanjanagar: A youth was brutally beaten to death allegedly by inebriated friends at Akhupadar village in Bhanjanagar of Ganjam district. The deceased has been identified as Sagar. According to reports, Sagar was allegedly attacked by his friends during a feast they had organised last evening. Though the exact reason behind the murder is still unclear, […]

Berhampur: In a major breakthrough, the Ganjam police arrested 87 gamblers after conducting raid at various places here today. The cops raided nine gambling dens under BN Pur and Bada Bazaar police limits and seized Rs 8 lakh from the gamblers. Similarly, police nabbed 18 persons and seized Rs 68,000 during a raid on a […]

Ganjam: A person was beaten to death by a group of people reportedly over gambling in Pitala village under Hinjili police limits of Ganjam district on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Sanyasi Sahu of the same village. The incident occurred when a group of gamblers were playing in the village Tuesday night. Suddenly […]

Ganjam: K. Nuagaon Police on Sunday arrested a person on the charges of raping a minor girl from Khambaria Panchayat of the district. The accused has been identified as Rajendra Gouda of K. Nuagaon under Chikiti block in Ganjam dictrict. According to reports, Gouda had allegedly raped the minor on August 23 and fled, following […]

Bhubaneswar: Flagging concerns over the safety of elephants in Odisha, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the State government to initiate urgent measures to prevent illegal activities in the elephant corridors that are posing major threat to the wild animal. The green court also expressed anguish over non-submission of reports related to elephant corridors. […]

Berhampur: Continuing crackdown on criminals across Ganjam district, police has nabbed another hardcore criminal Santosh Gouda after a fierce encounter near New Baiganabadi Chhak under Sadar police limits here on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team was prepositioned near the Chhak after getting information of his arrival. On seeing the police, Santosh, a […]

Bermahpur/Cuttack: Two notorious criminals have been nabbed in police encounters in separate places in Ganjam and Cuttack district. In Ganjam, a dreaded criminal identified as Kisan Patra alias Gaju Naik was injured during a police encounter near Charimile square in Aska late last night. Acting on a tip off about the movement of Gaju, a […]

Berhampur: The Ganjam police has arrested eight persons in connection with the murder of Councillor Laxmidutta Pradhan of Ward-6 in Chhatrapur of the district. Police arrested the accused, who had been absconding since the incident, after conducting raid at various places, informed SP Ashis Singh at a Press meet today. Singh informed that seven of […]

Ganjam: A woman, failing to refund money taken as loan, was allegedly attacked with blades by four persons in Mathura village of Polsara block here in the district on Sunday. According to reports, the woman Gouri Das had borrowed some money from a person named Hari Patra, also a resident of the same village. When […]

Chhatrapur: The Councillor of ward number six of Chhatrapur in Ganjam district was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants today. According to sources, a group of miscreants entered councillor Laxmidutta Pradhan alias Bachana’s house near LIC Colony in Chhatrapur and attacked him with swords and other sharp weapons. Laxmidutta’s brother was also critically injured in […]

Ganjam: Two dreaded criminals sustained grievous injuries in an exchange of fire with the police at Kanheipur village near Khallikote in the district on Monday. According to police sources, the duo, identified as Souri Nayak and Mitu Pradhan, had taken Supari to kill a contractor of Khurda. On Sunday, the duo opened fire at the […]