Tag: Odisha Dgp

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Director General of Police B K Sharma on Wednesday asked the superintendents of seven coastal districts to pay special attention to the functioning of the marine police stations. Sharma reviewed coastal security in the state with SPs of seven coastal districts – Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Ganjam and Berhampur – through video […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Director General of Police B K Sharma Wednesday said adopting scientific and technical methods of investigation is the need of the hour. The DGP said this while inaugurating the 67th edition of Odisha Police Duty Meet, 2019 at Cuttack. “The traditional method of investigation has become obsolete and outdated in the present day […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of a State-wide campaign ahead of the roll out of ambitious ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative on October 2, Odisha Police turned heat on touts and middlemen (dalals) exploiting poor & vulnerable patients in several hospitals across the State. As per official sources, as many as 31 middlemen have been arrested in a major […]

Bolangir: Greed can lead to disastrous consequences and often one has to pay a high price for it. Following a report by OTV about a video purportedly showing a havildar taking bribe from a truck driver in Bolangir, the concerned cop was suspended from duty immediately. As per reports, the havildar Sankirtan Putel of Kantabanji […]

Bhubaneswar: The Director-General of Police B K Sharma on Tuesday inaugurated the e-office initiative of five Odisha armed police battalions and unveiled the logo of four other battalions. The DGP told the commandants of the armed police battalions to guide armed personnel to maintain discipline. “Rise to the expectations of common people and guide the […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case, Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Bijay Kumar Sharma on Saturday said adequate steps have been taken to maintain peace and communal harmony in the state. “Adequate forces have been deployed in every sensitive district of the state. Superintendents of Police […]

Bhubaneswar: How shaky the police reforms are in Odisha was to the fore, when the State government in complete violation of the apex court directions went ahead in appointing acting or incharge DGP in August this year. The country’s apex court in its landmark ruling last year had directed states/UTs not to appoint acting or […]

New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Abhay will assume charge as Director-General of Police (DGP) of Odisha on Monday. He will take charge from Satyajit Mohanty, who is currently heading the State police as the interim DGP. Abhay was on Friday sent back to his cadre Odisha, a Personnel Ministry order said. The Appointments Committee of […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Abhay on Monday assumed office as the Director General of Police (DGP) and head of police force in Odisha. He took charge from Satyajit Mohanty, who was heading the State police as the interim DGP, this evening during a special function organised at Police Headquarters in Cuttack. A 1986 batch IPS […]

Bhubaneswar: Hailing the mechanism of Odisha police, senior IPS officer Abhay who took charge as the Head of Odisha Police Force at the State Police headquarters in Cuttack today, stressed on increasing the efficiency in implementation of Mo Sarkar and 5T model for better policing apart from improving standard of investigation process. The 1986-batch IPS officer of […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asked law enforcers to take stern action against people involved in domestic violence, Odisha Police on Tuesday said complainants need not go to police stations for lodging FIRs during the lockdown period. The police will reach the complainant upon receiving a call and also lodge an FIR, if […]

Bhubaneswar: Marriages can wait but not the call of duty against coronavirus pandemic. At the time when policemen are playing a vital role, two women police personnel in Sundergarh district of Odisha have decided to postpone their weddings so that they do not shirk from their professional commitment. Home guard Tilotama Meher’s wedding was scheduled […]

Bhubaneswar: Appreciating the dedication and commitment of 95 police personnel who have resumed duty immediately after recovering from the novel coronavirus disease, Odisha Police DG today decided to issue a ‘Special Appreciation’ to them as a mark of respect. In a letter to all the heads of police establishment, DGP Abhay mentioned that many police […]

Bhubaneswar: Director General of Odisha Police on Thursday ordered the State Crime Branch to take over the investigation in connection with the death of motivational speaker and human rights activist Aditya Dash. “I have ordered Crime Branch to take Charge of investigation of BBSR GRPS case no 81/20 relating to death of social activist Sri […]

Balasore: Odisha DGP Abhay on Saturday suspended Dhaneswar Sahu, the Inspector-In-Charge of Jaleswar Police Station on the charges of gross misconduct. The move comes a day after an audio clip purportedly of the concerned police official allegedly threatening brother of a drugs peddler for money went viral on social media. A report in this connection […]