Tag: Murder

Kendrapara: Death of a married woman under mysterious circumstances sparked tension in Endar village under Sadar Police limits in Kendrapara on Saturday. The body of deceased Rinki Maharana was found hanging at her in-laws residence. According to reports, Rinki was married to one Babaji Maharana of Endar village. Babaji’s family claimed that Rinki committed suicide […]

Nuapada: Komana Police in Nuapada district on Sunday arrested a man on the charges of beheading his nephew. As per reports, one Chintamani Majhi of Jadamunda village under Komna police limits had called his two nephews–Dhansing Majhi and Debarchana Majhi to his agricultural field to cut a mahua tree at around 11 AM on Saturday. […]

Kendrapara: A man surrendered before Patkura Police in Kendrapara district after killing his wife on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Chandan Jena of Arakhakuda village. According to the police, Chandan confessed to have hacked his wife Babita Jena to death with a sharp weapon in a fit of rage following a family dispute. […]

Pathankot: A Special Court in Pathankot in Punjab on Monday convicted six out of the seven in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua. The trial began in a court here a year back. Arguments on quantum of punishment is likely to be announced at 2 p.m. The day-to-day […]

Bargarh: A man was shot at by three miscreants while he was sleeping on the terrace of his sister’s house in Jamuda village on the outskirts of Bargarh town in the wee hours today. As per reports, the three unidentified miscreants barged into the house of the sister of the deceased, Basant Pradhan (50) at […]

Sambalpur: A headless body of a man was recovered from Tileimala village under Ainthapali police limits of the district today morning. According to sources, one Satyanarayan Munda of the village was reportedly sleeping outside his house last night but his body with its head missing was found from the spot today morning. Even though the […]

Keonjhar: A tribal man allegedly committed suicide after killing his three minor daughters at Ulibasa village, some 40 kms from Anandpur in Keonjhar district today afternoon. The matter came to light after villagers spotted bodies of the three girls and their father Durga Sidhu lying in a pool of blood inside their house and informed […]

Keonjhar: While whole of Odisha was busy celebrating ‘womanhood’ during Raja, a heinous incident of a man allegedly burning his wife alive, baffled the residents of Anandpur area of Keonjhar on Monday. The crime was carried out in Koilipal village under Mahuladiha police limits in Keojhar. According to sources, the deceased identified as Lija Dehuri […]

Nayagarh: Six persons allegedly involved in the kidnap and murder of a youth from Kalyanpur village under Sarankul police limits surrendered before the Odagaon JMFC court on Tuesday. Prime accused Jyotirmaya Mohanty alias Kalu, the son of Gotisahi panchayat sarpanch was among the six accused in the case. Earlier, another accused in the case, Balakrushna […]

Cuttack: Within 24 hours of the murder of a youth near Taladanda Canal here, another two murders were reported in the city today. As per reports, locals spotted the body of the person, identified as Babu under the OMP bridge in a pool of blood with deep injury marks in neck and head. Babu had […]

Sambalpur: In a major development, the SDJM court here has given permission to Sambalpur police to conduct a DNA test of the recovered skull suspected to be of Jayashree Mishra, who was murdered eight years back. The Sambalpur police had sought permission of the SDJM court to conduct the DNA test. As per reports, the […]

Sundergarh: The bodies of two girls, one reportedly from Odisha were found hanging from a tree near Biruamu in Simdega district of neighboring Jharkhand today. One of the deceased has been identified as a native of Biramitrapur area in Odisha’s Sundergarh district while the other is a local resident. Sources said, the two girls were […]

New Delhi: The process of setting up of over 1,000 fast-track special courts across the country to deal with pending cases of rape is likely to begin on October 2, the Law Ministry has said. The Department of Justice in the Law Ministry had proposed to set up 1,023 fast-track courts at a total budget […]

Balasore: A comedian of a jatra troupe was allegedly killed in Bhogarai area in Balasore district late last night. Family members of the deceased, identified as Trilochana Ranjit of Kati Sahi under Baliapal police limits, have lodged a police complaint alleging that the actor was murdered and his body was dumped in Bhogarai market. As […]

Jagatsinghpur: A day after the dead body of nurse, Niharika Patra was found stuffed inside a sack from Biluakhai riverbed in Jagatsinghpur, suspicion that her friend Kishore Chandra Anchalalias Raja is behind the murder, grew stronger. Biridi Police today interrogated the family members of Raja, including his father, brother and four friends. Meanwhile, the brother-in-law […]