Bolangir: Two unidentified motorcycle-borne miscreants allegedly looted Rs 5 lakh from a businessman, Sanjay Satpathy outside SBI branch at College Chhak in Bolangir town on Monday. According to reports, the incident took place when Sanjay was returning home after withdrawing the money. It is alleged that two miscreants came on a black motorcycle and snatched […]
Ganjam: In a broad daylight heist, a gang of three robbers Monday looted around Rs 1.5 lakh cash from a saree and cloth store in Venkateswar Street under Kabisuryanagar police limits in Ganjam district. As per a complaint with the police, the incident took place at around 3:30 pm yesterday. One person waited outside the […]
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar police on Sunday busted a looter gang and discovered a new trend of criminals taking two-wheelers on rent for committing crimes like chain-snatching. The illegal trade came to fore following the arrest of three robbers by Nayapalli police on Sunday. As per the sources, as many as eight gold chains and two bikes […]
Bhadrak: Three unidentified miscreants allegedly looted Rs 10.8 lakh cash after attacking an employee of an LPG distribution agency near Jijharpur Railway crossing under Tihidi block of Bhadrak district today. The victim employee has been identified has Pramod Bhanja. He has been admitted to Tihidi Community Health Centre and stated to be stable now. As […]
Bhubaneswar: A trader was robbed of Rs 44000 while travelling in Mo Bus in the State capital on Saturday. The loot incident has now put a serious challenge before the Commissionerate Police. Reports said that one Karunakar Pradhan, who is stated to be a businessman, was travelling in a Mo Bus when someone allegedly plundered […]
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 […]
Konark: In a broad daylight robbery, two miscreants decamped with Rs 45,000 cash by breaking open the dickey of a woman’s scooty parked near Ganesh Temple at Baranga village in Konark area on Tuesday afternoon. The woman identified as the wife of Babuli Sahoo is a local resident of Astaranga area.As per reports, the woman […]
Bolangir: In what could turn out to be a major concern for bank account holders, a temporary staffer of Central Cooperative Bank in Bolangir allegedly looted nearly Rs 10 lakh from a customer after stealing the ATM card. However, it is alleged that police are yet to take any action. As per reports, the accused […]
Cuttack: Two unidentified miscreants allegedly looted an elderly man after offering him lift near Cuttack Link Road area. Even though the incident reportedly happened on Wednesday, the matter came to light yesterday after the elderly man lodged a complaint with police in this regard. According to sources, one Prafulla Behera of Mahulapada area under Dhenkanal […]
Keonjhar: A special team of Tamil Nadu Police arrested a youth from Odisha on the charges of committing theft in Chennai. The accused has been identified as Gauranga Jena of Anandapur in Keonjhar district. As per reports, Jena was working as a domestic help at the house of one Syed Liaquat Ali at Thiruvanmiyur in […]
Bhubaneswar: The smart city is certainly living up to its reputation of being called the ‘loot capital’ of Odisha, as yet another incident of robbery during daytime has raised questions whether Bhubaneswar is really safe for its denizens. As per reports, gold ornaments worth Rs 18 lakh were looted from the apartment of one Subash […]
Jharsuguda: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted Rs 10 lakh and spare parts worth Rs 4 lakh from a two-wheeler showroom located near Beherapata on Bypass road in the Jharsuguda town. Based on a complaint filed by the showroom’s owner, Rasit Kumar Modi at the BTM Police Station, cops reached the spot and launched an investigation. The […]
Bhubaneswar: With armed robbers not giving two hoots to police, the Police Commissionerate needs to revisit the idea of crime-zone mapping in the twin city, which it mulled over some eight years back but had put in cold storage following apprehensions, and to some extent hard lobbying by the real estate developers. Where crime zone […]
Balasore: Robberies and a loot bid from as many as three different places in the same night in Balasore have left the district police on its toes. According to reports, some unidentified miscreants looted gold and silver ornaments worth around Rs 10 lakh from Sanjana Jewellery by breaking open the shutter of the shop at […]
Puri: In a major security breach at the famous Siddha Mahavir temple in Puri, miscreants allegedly looted Rs 3 lakh from the donation box of the shrine late yesterday night. As per reports, after breaking open the iron grill and brass locks of the temple, the miscreants robbed cash from the donation box. Later, the […]
Cuttack: A miscreant was caught hold and thrashed by some locals while he was trying to escape allegedly after looting gold ornaments worth lakhs from a jewellery shop at CDA Sector-6 in Cuttack last night. According to reports, five miscreants came in a car while three of them entered Sree Ram Jewellery Workshop pretending as […]
Bhubaneswar: It seems people are not safe in the capital city anymore as there has been a significant rise in number of loot incidents in past couple of months. In the latest incident, three armed miscreants allegedly looted cash and gold jewellery from the owner of a mobile shop and her employee during the wee […]
Subarnapur: Cash worth Rs 50,000 was looted from the account of a beneficiary at Mendamal village under Birmaharajpur Police limits in Subarnapur district recently. As per reports, one Gavind Khyati of Mendamal village had allegedly received a phone call from an unknown person on June 15. During the conversation, the offender introduced himself as the […]
Balasore: Unidentified miscreants decamped with cash and valuables after breaking into four shops located at Gopalpur market under Khantapada Police limits in Soro of Balasore on Saturday night. The matter to light after locals found the shutters of the shops broken today. According to sources, the miscreants barged into the shops by breaking open the […]
Bhubaneswar: A group of miscreants looted cash worth Rs 35 lakh from a car near Phulnakhara square of Bhubaneswar today. The incident occurred when some employees of Indian Overseas Bank were transporting the cash to Bhubaneswar from Niali in a private car. As per reports, five to six masked miscreants intercepted the car and looted […]
Koraput: Three persons were arrested by Salur police from Vijaynagar in the bordering area of Koraput and Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, on charges of extorting money from people by posing as Maoists. According to police sources, one bike, one mobile phone and around Rs 1.5 lakhs were seized from their possession. However, police is yet […]
Koraput: Three unidentified bike-borne miscreants allegedly looted Rs 9 lakh from a businessman at gun point in Mastiput area of Koraput district Friday night. According to a complaint lodged at the Sadar police station of the district, the businessman V Bhaskar Rao was travelling with his colleague in a car when the incident happened. Rao […]
Balasore: Armed miscreants looted silver and gold ornaments from a businessman at gunpoint near Bhogapur in Soro area of Balasore district late on Saturday night. The victim identified as Mahesh Prasad, a native of Miripur in Balsore, runs a jewellery shop in Soro. According to sources, three armed miscreants intercepted Mahesh while he was returning […]
Keonjhar: Armed miscreants looted Rs 15,000 and a mobile phone from a businessman after firing at him at Keonjhar on Thursday night. The victim Dilip Behera escaped with minor bullet injuries on hand and stomach. According to reports, four bike-borne miscreants intercepted Behera near railway over bridge when he was returning home after closing his […]
Puri: When the concern over security chinks in world famous Srimandir is raging minds of denizens, police Wednesday have arrested a minor boy for his involvement in a loot incident at the Ram Mandir. The minor has been arrested from Brahmagiri and a sum of Rs16,361 and a mobile were confiscated from him. The boy […]
Puri: Unidentified miscreants on Monday allegedly looted the donation box of Ram temple near Dakhina Dwara (south gate) of the Puri Srimandir. The incident has also raised concerns over the security arrangements of the 12th century shrine. As per reports, the miscreants barged into Ramchandra Mandir near the south gate of Srimandir by cutting the […]
Sundergarh: Miscreants looted Rs 1.5 lakh after terrorising staff of a petrol pump at Gadiajor village in Sundergarh district on Friday night. It is for the second time in past one month that miscreants have targeted a filling station in the district. Earlier, bike-borne miscreants had looted Rs 60,000 at gunpoint from a fuel filling […]
Bhubaneswar: Friday morning turned a nightmare for two families in the city after coming face to face with armed miscreants, who not only snatched their ornaments but injured five persons during the loot bids. While one incident was reported from Sailashree Vihar, the other took place in the vicinity of Nandankanan. In Sailashree Vihar incident, […]
Balasore: Armed miscreants looted cash and gold ornaments from one Harendra Pradhan at gunpoint in Bahanaga Bazar near Soro area of Balasore district late on Saturday night. According to sources, the gang of miscreants carrying country-made pistols and sharp weapons barged into the house yesterday night. The miscreants assaulted Pradhan and looted gold ornaments worth […]
Berhampur: Three miscreants posing as CBI officers looted gold ornaments from an elderly couple at Jayaprakash Nagar under Baidyanathpur police limits in Berhampur today. The couple had come from Bhubaneswar to attain a marriage ceremony in the city. According to sources, the bike-borne miscreants posing as CBI officers stopped the couple Bhaskar Patra and K. […]
Keonjhar: Two unidentified armed robbers looted cash and gold ornaments from the house of one Binit Bansal in Panchwati area near Barbil of Keonjhar district late on Thursday night. The incident occurred after two men carrying country-made pistols barged into the house at around 9pm yesterday. As per the allegations of the family members, the […]
Kendrapara: Two bike-borne miscreants looted gold ornaments worth Rs 20 lakh from a jewellery shop at Mahaveer market under Rajnagar police limits in the district today. According to reports, the owner of Srimati Jewellers was offering prayers immediately after opening his store this morning when two persons came on pretext of buying jewelleries and looted […]
Balasore: Unidentified miscreants looted cash and ornaments worth lakhs of rupees from the house of one Sushant Mahana in Routarapur under Remuna block of Balasore district late on Tuesday night. A gang of four dacoits knocked the door of Mahana’s house at around 11:00 pm yesterday; as soon as Mahana open the door, they barged […]
Rayagada: A person was arrested after locals caught him stealing silver ornaments including a crown of goddess Bimala inside the Jagannath temple near Rayagada municipality office. According to reports, the accused managed to loot the crown when other officials including priest were busy in performing other rituals at the temple. A frantic search operation was […]
Rayagada: Unidentified miscreants looted the Astadhatu idol of the presiding deity of Manikeshwari temple at Khedapada village near Therubali in Rayagada district late Thursday night. According to reports, some miscreants allegedly broke open the main door of the temple late last night and decamped with the precious idol which is said to be an antique […]
Balasore: Miscreants looted an unspecified amount of money from a branch of Allahabad Bank located near Parakhi under Sadar block of Balasore district after breaking the locks of its shutter late on Tuesday night. The matter came to light this morning after locals passing by the bank spotted the broken shutter and informed the police. […]
Khurda: Throwing an open challenge at the cops, unidentified miscreants Wednesday night looted at least six shops near Taratua Chhak in Sharadhapur area of Khurda district, one of which was located some ten meters away from the Khurda SDPO office. The matter came to fore after locals spotted the shutter of the shops open this […]
Kendrapara: Unidentified miscreants looted an Axis Bank automated teller machine (ATM) at Juna Chhak under Marshaghai police limits in the district after breaking it open late on Wednesday night. The matter came into light this morning after locals passing by the ATM spotted the broken kiosk and the damaged machine. Subsequently the locals informed the […]
Khurda: Unidentified miscreants looted gold ornaments from a Kali temple in Gurujang area of the town late on Tuesday night. According to reports, some miscreants allegedly looted 200 grams of gold jewellery and utensils worth lakhs of rupees after breaking open the lock of the temple late yesterday night. They also decamped with the temple […]
Sundergarh: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted a SUV, ATM card, mobile phones and cash worth Rs 1 lakh from a staff posted at District Project Coordinator’s office near Tamada under Gurundia police limits in Sundergarh district. According to sources, the miscreants reportedly looted cash while one Amartya Pradhan (IED Coordinator) along with an employee of DPC […]