Tag: Quick Action Team

Bhubaneswar: In a joint operation by Laxmisagar police and Quick Action Team(QAT), brown sugar weighing 19.40 gm was seized from a woman of Haladipadia slum in Bhubaneswar yesterday afternoon. The prime accused Maina Routray (37) has been taken into police custody. Apart from the contraband item, police also seized Rs 36,640 cash from Routray’s possession […]

Bhubaneswar: Following suspension of quick action team (QAT) chief, Deepak Lenka, Odisha Police has begun the process to put a new team in place. The new officer-in-charge will be chosen out of a list of inspectors and sub-inspectors. The selected officer-in-charge will then select a team of his or her choice, informed sources. According to […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief of Quick Action Team (QAT), sub-inspector Deepak Lenka was suspended today. Lenka was suspended following allegations that he was involved in several fraud cases. Police Commissioner Satyajit Mohanty issued the suspension order of Lenka and said that a new QAT team will be formed soon. Along with one assistant sub-inspector of police, eight […]

Bhubaneswar: The Quick Action Team (QAT) of the Commissionerate Police seized 2.62 quintal ganja worth around Rs 25 lakh on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, the QAT intercepted a Skoda car illegally smuggling ganja in the city. While the alleged mastermind, Bulu Patnaik fled the spot, one Seikh Ahmed has been arrested, informed sources. Ahmed, […]

Bhubaneswar: In yet another crackdown on racketeers, Commissionerate Police busted a duplicate lubricant manufacturing unit at Mancheswar on Sunday. The quick action team of Commissionerate police conducted a raid at the factory and seized logo, labels of several reputed engine oil brands. According to sources, the prime accused Babaji Sahoo has also been arrested in […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the festive season, Commissionerate Police on Friday busted an illicit arms racket by arresting three persons. Two weapons including a mouser and a country made pistol along with three rounds of live ammunition have been seized, police said. As per police sources, a quick action team busted the gang involved in the […]

Koraput: With the third phase Panchayat polls scheduled in two Maoist prone blocks in Narayanpatna and Pottangi block in Koraput district tomorrow, senior police officials today took stock of the security arrangements in these two blocks. To review the ground situation, a three-member team of senior police officials led by South-Western DIG S Saini, Koraput […]