Tag: Kunduli Suicide

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today ordered a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the alleged Kunduli gang rape and suicide incident. The SIT probe will be monitored by the court. Briefing mediapersons here, Patnaik said the state government is committed to ensure justice to the victim at the earliest and in a most transparent […]

Koraput: With the whole state on the boil over Kunduli incident, the brother of the victim today alleged that the police is trying to manipulate the entire case by concealing a note supposedly written by the victim before she committed suicide. Speaking to OTV, the victim’s brother said two police officials including the second officer […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension ran high after BJP supporters reportedly breached ‘security cordon’ in an attempt to storm into Naveen Nivas, the residence of Odisha Chief Minister here on Monday demanding his resignation over Kunduli incident. The BJP supporters tricked the cops and managed to stage a demonstration near Naveen Nivas even though a thick blanket of […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday assured that the Kunduli girl will get ‘justice’ and his government is serious about the incident. Speaking on the sidelines of the presentation ceremony of the ‘The Tall Man Biju Patnaik’, a pictorial biography of the legendary politician, in Mumbai yesterday, the CM said, “It’s a tragic […]

Cuttack: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday once again targeted Naveen Patnaik over the Kunduli gang rape & suicide case stating that the Odisha CM is no longer capable of ensuring safety and security for women in the state. Speaking at the party’s ‘Mishrana Parva’ at Mahanga, the union minister took a dig at Naveen […]

Puri: A complaint case has been filed against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at sub-divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM) court in Puri today holding him responsible for the suicide of Kunduli gang rape victim. As per sources, the Sachetan Nagarik Manch has filed the case alleging that the minor girl committed suicide as the Home Department failed […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha DGP RP Sharma on Monday directed the ADG Crime Branch to conduct an inquiry and submit report on the alleged discrepancies in the report of State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) on Kunduli gang rape. The move comes after OTV had first reported about the discrepancies in the report of SFSL that had allegedly […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting the suicide of the Kunduli gang rape victim, the youth wing of the State BJP, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), will today gherao all the SP offices across the State and stage demonstration. It will also launch a state-wide ‘Beti Bachao, Naveen Hatao’ agitation from today. “Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is responsible for […]

Bhubaneswar: After the State Forensic Laboratory came out with a clarification that the findings – semen traces found on the clothes of Kunduli gang rape victim – as reported by OTV, were from a preliminary inter-divisional report; opposition parties suspected foul play and trained their guns at the ruling-BJD alleging it of making deliberate attempts […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could possibly belie the claims of investigating officers of Odisha police that the Kunduli girl was not subjected to any ‘sexual assault’, traces of semen were found from her undergarments. This shocking information has now come to fore in a report of the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL), a copy of which […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today sought a report from the state government on Kunduli gang rape, the victim of which committed suicide on January 22. Acting on a petition filed by a social activist and lawyer Nishikanta Mishra, the OHRC directed the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) to submit […]

Khurda: Taking cognizance of protests following suicide of a minor girl yesterday night who was allegedly raped in Banpur of Khurda district last month, the government today transferred the investigating officer in charge of the case, Ashok Dalabehera to police headquarters. The administration also announced Rs 20,000 assistance from Red Cross fund to the kin […]

Bhubaneswar: Targeting the state government for failing to take action in the Kunduli gang rape incident in which the victim committed suicide on Monday, the BJP today kicked off a ‘funeral rally (Kokei Sobhajatra)’ from Bhubaneswar and warned the ruling dispensation that the people of the State will overthrow the government for its utter neglect […]

Puri: Police today arrested former Congress MLA from Pipili Judhisthir Samantaray and his son Priyabrat in connection with a clash between BJP and Congress workers that took place during Odisha bandh at Mangalapur area in Pipili on Wednesday. As per sources, a war of words ensued between the BJP and Congress workers during the bandh […]

Malkangiri: While the suicide of Kunduli rape survivor has triggered much outrage at all levels in the State, another rape survivor of Malkangiri district has pleaded for justice. The rape survivor of Gobindapalli village in the district has alleged that she is yet to get justice even though more than two months have passed since […]