Bhubaneswar: Contrary to the claims of Odisha DGP Abhay during the senior police officers’ conference on Sunday that the overall crime situation is under control, two incidents from Ganjam and Balasore district have questioned the policing approaches being initiated to curb rising loot incidents in the State. Over Rs 9 lakh was robbed at gunpoint […]
Ganjam: Two bike-borne miscreants allegedly targeted an elderly woman and snatched a gold chain from her at Shyamalai Nagar under Hinjilikatu block in the district on Sunday. The victim has been identified as one Basanti Sahu. According to reports, the incident occurred when Basanti was walking on her way back home. Two persons on a […]
Cuttack: As many as three unidentified miscreants opened fire at an employee of a financial company and robbed him of Rs 1 lakh at Khuntakata near Anshupa Square of Athagarh in the district on Thursday. The victim identified as Kitish Ranjan Bhanja of Mahindra Finance sustained severe injuries in the firing. He was rushed to […]
Cuttack: In a daring act, some locals overpowered a miscreant while the latter was trying to flee after snatching a gold chain from a woman near Gopalpur area here in the town on Saturday. However, another miscreant managed to escape after firing blank shots. According to reports, two miscreants came on a black-coloured Pulsar bike, […]
Berhampur: A man sustained critical bullet injuries hours before his marriage as some unidentified miscreants opened fire at him late on Tuesday night at Manikapur village under Khallikote police limits in Ganjam district on Wednesday. The injured, identified as Jitendra Barik, has been admitted into Berhampur Hospital in a critical condition. According to reports, the […]
Berhampur : Defying claims of police to present a crime-free Dussehra and take strong action against extortion, miscreants hacked a youth and his sister at Laxmi Nursingha ward under Bada Bazar police limits here in the district on Saturday. As per sources, the duo was attacked by the assailants for refusing to pay extortion money. […]
Puri: Unidentified miscreants reportedly launched a deadly assault on Harihara Nanda, the Sarpanch of Bidyadharpur Panchayat under Satyabadi block in this district on Thursday. The assailants allegedly tried to kill Nanda by chasing him in front of Bidyadharpur GP Office. Somehow the victim managed to dodge the impact, but was critically injured. He was initially […]
Bhubaneswar: Armed miscreants looted around 100 gram of gold jewellery and Rs 25,000 cash from a house in Haladipada village in Khordha district on Tuesday night. According to reports, the burglars broke the grill to gain entry into the house around midnight and decamped with the gold and cash. Based on the complaint registered at […]
Puri: Following a series of chain snatching in the pilgrim town, police today managed to arrest a miscreant who is believed to be one of the members behind the robberies. As per reports, three miscreants were attempting to rob a woman in Mochi Sahi area of Puri when one of them was nabbed by the […]
New Delhi: Forget common people, even Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relatives are not safe in the national capital and the situation becomes all the more alarming when such incidents take place in VIP areas. Two snatchers on Saturday snatched the purse of a woman who is purportedly a niece of the Prime Minister, the police […]
Cuttack: There seems to be a noticeable spurt in crime in silver city Cuttack. After three brutal murders within a span of 24 hours, a bombing incident was reported near Puja Mandap in Khan Nagar area of the city today. As per reports, two miscreants on a bike hurled a crude bomb at a sweets […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Khurda: Police today foiled a dacoity plan and arrested three persons near Tapang Chhak in Khurda. The cops have seized guns, bullets and sharp weapons from their possession. As per reports, Sadar Police conducted a surprise raid near Tapang Chhak while patrolling on the highway. A gang of five dacoits were planning to execute a […]
Kendrapara: A youth died after being shot at by miscreants near Kandira village under Rajanagar police limits in Kendrapara district today morning. The deceased has been identified as Kishore Sethi. According to sources, four youths were consuming liquor in the village when they were opposed by a few villagers. Soon, a scuffle ensued between them […]
Sambalpur: After the Board of Secondary Education’s office in Sambalpur was allegedly set afire by miscreants yesterday, a police case has been registered in connection with the incident today. The case has been registered at Dhanupali Police Station on the basis of a complaint filed by the Deputy Secretary of the BSE following which investigation […]
Jajpur: Palpable tension prevailed at the Lankabalisahi village under Sadar police limits of the district after a group clash erupted between two families of the village over an alleged love affair. According to sources, miscreants set afire the house of an elderly woman over involvement of her son in an alleged love affair with a […]
Bhubaneswar: Police have arrested two miscreants for attempting to snatch a gold chain from a lady near the Exhibition ground in Bhubaneswar today. The incident took place in the evening when both the accused attempted to snatch a chain from a school teacher identified as Leela Bala Das of Bhima Bhoi School for the Blind. […]
Khurda: A joint team of Begunia police and a special squad today detained three persons involved in the loot of Rs 60 lakh from the officials of a private finance company on November 8 in Khurda. According to sources, a cash bag containing Rs 27 lakh was recovered from the backyard of a house owned […]
Bhubaneswar: A criminal gang has now become the talk of the town for their unusual pattern of clicking selfies after committing crime in Bhubaneswar. Moreover, the gang is now on a loot spree which has unleashed terror among people particularly in Khandagiri area as the criminals looted cash worth over Rs 1.5 lakh, gold ornaments […]
Sambalpur: A youth was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Budharaja area of Sambalpur yesterday following which locals gheraoed Ainthapali police station today demanding handing over of all the detained accused. The deceased identified as Bishal Khadia of Karamtola village, had received grievous injuries on his neck and his body in the attack following […]
Jeypore: In a spine chilling incident, a youth and his father were shot by a group of miscreants allegedly over past enmity at Rajanara Chowk in Jeypore of Koraput district today. The injured have been identified as Santosh Nayak and his father. The father-son duo was on their bike when they were intercepted and attacked […]
Khurda: Miscreants made an unsuccessful attempt to loot an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) of UCO bank at Jatni in Khurda late last night. Though the miscreants managed to break the ATM cabin and some parts of the machine, they failed to lay hands on the money stored in the ATM. On being informed, police reached […]
Bolangir: Miscreants looted Rs 19 lakh in broad daylight from the officials of Andhra Bank at Bangla Chowk of Deogaon in Bolangir today. The incident took place when the cashier and a peon of the bank were carrying cash in a van from Tushara branch to Bandhpada branch. Three robbers on a bike intercepted the […]
Koraput: Jeypore Town police intensified search operation after three miscreants managed to escape following an exchange of fire in the wee hours today. Sources said the encounter was reported from Gopabandhu Nagar area when a police raided the spot after getting information about the presence of a criminal gang. The criminals were planning to commit […]
Cuttack: Unidentified miscreants looted cash from Canara Bank in Cuttack while in another incident a failed attempt was made to rob cash from SBI bank in Sambalpur. Both the incidents were reported on Sunday. Though the exact amount stolen from Canara Bank branch at Uttaran near Adaspur in Cuttack is still unclear, police have started […]
Balasore: Unidentified miscreants looted Rs 2.4 lakh from a rice trader after attacking him at Talanagar under Soro police limits in Balasore district on Friday night. The incident occurred at around 9:30 pm yesterday when the trader, identified as Sukadev Nayak was returning after collecting cash from various customers. Two miscreants in a bike intercepted […]
Sambalpur: Armed criminals today looted lakhs of rupees from a private finance office at Budharaja under Ainthapali police station in Sambalpur. The exact loot amount has not been ascertained. Two miscreants entered the office and pushed the security guard at the entry point. Later, three others barged into the office, security guard said. “One of […]
Baripada: Taking advantage of poor security measures and patrolling by police, miscreants looted gold and silver ornaments from a jewellery shop in Badasahi town in Mayurbhanj district in the wee hours on Monday. Armed miscreants committed the crime after holding hostage the family members of a fire officer staying on the second floor of the […]
Balasore: A youth sustained grievous injuries after being attacked by a group of miscreants in Agapada village under Sabira Panchayat of the district here on Sunday. The injured, identified as Narendra Nayak of Agapada village was allegedly attacked with sharp weapons by four miscreants after a chase when he was walking on the village road. […]
Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: A man was critically injured after being shot at by two bike-borne miscreants while he resisted a chain snatching attempt on his wife by the miscreants. The incident took place at Sijua here when the couple was travelling in a car to their home at Aiginia area. The injured, identified as Biswaranjan Swain was […]
Khurda: A journalist of a regional newspaper has been critically injured in an attack by unidentified miscreants late last night. According to reports, two bike-borne miscreants attacked the journalist, Ramesh Rath with sharp weapons on Monday night. Ratha, a resident of Sishumatha under Balipatna police limits in the district, is currently undergoing treatment at the […]
Bhubaneswar: In a daring heist in broad daylight, miscreants today snatched Rs 4 lakh from an employee of a construction company in Kharavel Nagar police station area in the city. Two bike-borne miscreants waylaid the employee when he was on way to his office and snatched bag containing the money. Later he lodged a complaint […]
Cuttack: Six unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at the houses of two people in Prasanga village under Niali police limits here late on Friday night. According to sources, the incident occurred at around 2am when six bike-borne criminals hurled bombs at the villagers’ houses and managed to flee the spot soon after committing the crime. No […]
Dhenkanal: A gang of five robbers broke into a jewellery shop near Muktapasi in the district here in broad daylight on Thursday and decamped with valuables. The audacity of the robbers has left people shocked in the area as they targeted the shop during daytime. The miscreants entered the shop and looted at gun point. […]
Rourkela: Four miscreants looted Rs 10 lakh from a businessman at gunpoint at Rajgangpur in Sundargarh district last night. The looters fled away after committing the crime in front of the businessman’s house. However, police managed to nab three of them from the Odisha-Jharkhand border this morning. All the arrested belong to Jharkhand, informed the […]
Cuttack: Two unidentified miscreants opened fire at a biker and looted him near Athagarh on Saturday. The victim has been identified as Balaram Behera of Kaijanga under Biridi police limits in Jagatsinghpur district. The incident occurred when Behera, who works at a private firm in Narsinghpur block, was returning home in Jagatsinghpur after his duty. […]
Soro: Unidentified miscreants looted cash and ornaments worth lakhs of rupees from the house of one Abhaya Kumar Mohapatra near Uttareswar market in Soro block of Balasore district today. As per the complaint, the robbery happened when Abhaya and his family members had gone to Puri. The miscreants entered their house by breaking open the […]
Rourkela: In a tragic incident, a person was killed in an attack by some unidentified miscreants allegedly over a land dispute at Kokerama village under Hatibari police station in Sundargarh district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Amin Koidi (50). According to reports, when Amin was returning home after filing a complaint at the […]