Tag: Police Encounter

Phulbani: The 10th phase hearing on the Gumudumaha firing incident in Kandhamal district was held at Phulbani district court today. Witnesses presented their statements before the Justice Janab Mohammed Ajmal Commission of Inquiry. While two witnesses shared their experience of the incident and were also cross-examined, 20 affidavits were filed before the Commission. Talking to […]

Berhampur: Dreaded criminal Shatrughna alias Bapi Swain was nabbed after a police encounter near Lankagada hills of Jagannath Prasad in Ganjam district today. With bullet injuries in both legs during the encounter, Bapi was admitted to the Bhanjanagar hospital for treatment. A pistol, two live bullets and a live bomb were seized from his possession. […]

Berhampur: Dreaded criminal Mitu alias Bijay Moharana has sustained critical injuries in a retaliatory firing by the district police in Hinjli area of Ganjam district late last night and is undergoing treatment at the MKCG hospital in Berhampur amid tight security. Officials of the Hinjli and Sheragada police stations, who were frisking vehicles on Burupada-Marudi […]

Puri: Gora Mallick, an anti-social involved in at least dozen criminal cases was injured in an encounter with police near Delang on Friday night. Gora was wanted for his alleged involvement in the Atharnala bombing case, sources said. The accused Gora Mallick has sustained bullet injury on his right leg during the encounter with a […]

Berhampur: Dreaded criminal Mithun Bhuyan was injured in an encounter by police on the Bhanjanagar-Durgaprasad in Ganjam district road last night. The cops also seized a bike, a pistol and four live bullets from Bhuyan. He sustained bullet injuries on his legs in the encounter. Ganjam SP Ashish Singh said eight dacoity cases are pending […]

Bhanjanagar: Dreaded criminal Sana Jaga was injured in a police encounter on the Mahaguda-Mujaguda road under Bhanjanagar police limits in Ganjam district today. While Sana Jaga was on his way on the Mahaguda-Mujaguda road along with three aides in two bikes, the police intercepted them. But Jaga and his aides tried to escape from the […]

Aska: A dreaded criminal was injured in an encounter with the police in Aska area of Ganjam district today. Giving details to the media persons after the incident, Baleswar Gidhi, IIC, Aska Police Station, said the police got the information at about 5 AM that Bulu Patra, an anti-social and a resident of College Square […]

Berhampur: Sunil Bisoi, a most wanted criminal and an associate of arrested former Congress MLA Ramesh Jena, sustained bullet injuries on his two legs in a police encounter at Ambapua area here on Thursday night. According to sources, Sunil and his associates were creating panic in Dhipasahi, Goodshed road and Badakhemundi sahi on Thursday evening. […]

Phulbani: Inter-state dacoit Birendra Nayak sustained bullet injuries on his leg in a police encounter on Daringbadi-Gajalbadi road here on Saturday night. Acting on a tip off, a police team raided the Daringbadi-Gajalbadi area where Nayak and his two associates were allegedly hatching a plan to commit a crime in the area. When the police […]

Bhubaneswar: Criminal Rabi Rao, who has many cases pending against him, was injured in a police encounter. The encounter happened near the Cuttack-Puri bypass road late last night. According to sources, Rao was hit by a bullet on his right leg in the encounter carried out by the special squad of the Commissionerate Police. Sources […]

Bhubaneswar: Notorious criminal Sajjan Khan aka Patu sustained bullet injuries on his leg in a police encounter at Khandagiri area late on Wednesday night. According to police sources, a special team of Commissionerate Police found Khan from Khandagiri area. When they tried to nab him, Khan opened three rounds of bullet at the police team. […]

Hyderabad: At least 12 Maoists were killed in a gunfight with police in Telangana’s Jayashankar Bhupalapally district on Friday, police said. A police constable of elite anti-Maoist force Greyhounds was killed and three others were also injured. The exchange of fire occurred in the forests near Venkatapuram village on Telangana-Chhattisgarh border. Some top leaders of the […]

Berhampur: A wanted criminal Mohan Rao and two police officials of Sadar police limits were injured during an exchange of fire between them in Berhampur on Friday night. Rao was involved in several organised crimes and 17 cases are pending against him at various police stations. A pistol has been recovered from Rao’s possession. According […]

Raipur:  A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday, a senior police official said. A cache of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), frequently used by Naxals to target security personnel, was also recovered from the encounter spot, he said. The skirmish took place around 9 am near Tarrem […]

Raipur: Eight Naxals and two police personnel were killed in an encounter between ultras and security men in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, police said. The gunbattle took place at a forest in Kistaram area bordering Telangana, around 500 km from here, when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Sukma’s […]