Tag: Rapes In Odisha

Odisha witnessed 10,219 rape cases during the period between 2019 and 2022 (April) including 5584 cases of sexual assault against minor girls.

Rourkela: A day after a family lodged a complaint accusing ten persons of raping their daughter near Harpali slum area, the Biramitrapur Police has arrested seven persons from nearby forest in connection with the case. However, three other accused managed to give the cops a slip as they vanished in the dense forest. As per […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging rise in number of minor girl rape cases across Odisha, Opposition parties BJP and Congress took to streets today and have threatened to intensify their agitation. A team of BJP workers led by party’s general secretary Lekhashree Samantsinghar staged protest at Master Canteen Chhak in Bhubaneswar today raising slogans against the State government […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as CM Naveen Patnaik picked up the phone to dial the start of his pet scheme ‘Mo Sarkar’ in Odisha on Gandhi Jayanti, the harshest reality is the State despite implementing CCTNS (Crime &Criminal Tracking Network System) since 2012, and when rape cases in Odisha have crossed the 1,300 mark by September end, […]

Koraput: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth of her village under Borigumma block of Koraput district on Wednesday. The matter came to the fore after the family members of the minor girl lodged a complaint at Borigumma Police Station on Thursday, said reports. As per the complaint, a youth identified as Dambaru […]

Bhubaneswar: Alarming times for the girl child in Odisha! In a span of only 7 years, the rapes of minors have clocked an eye-popping 645 per cent. The statistics look ominous. Now, minor rapes in Odisha constitute a whopping over 50 per cent of total rapes vis-a-vis mere 13 per cent in 2012. Replying to […]

Bhubaneswar: Now from Hyderabad to Bhubaneswar, a loud chorus ‘We want to be safe, not be raped” renting the skies again as heinous crimes against women, especially rapes, are growing by leaps and bounds in the country, including Odisha. Recently, replying to a query on women safety, MoS Divyashankar Mishra has reeled out gory statistics. […]

Bhubaneswar: Protectors have become predators in Odisha and the head of the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, must resign for his failure in ensuring safety and security of girls and women, alleged both the BJP and the Congress while intensifying their protests over the alleged gang rape of a minor girl in Puri. Members of […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing protests across Odisha over the alleged gang rape in Puri district, another rape incident was reported from Khandagiri area in Bhubaneswar today. Following a complaint by the family members of the survivor, Khandagiri Police has reportedly arrested the accused and is currently interrogating him. As per reports, both the survivor and […]

Bhubaneswar: Numbers don’t lie and with the figures provided by Odisha government in the Assembly, it seems that the State of Odisha is becoming a safe haven for rapists. As per a report presented by the government in the House, 604 minor girls were raped in the last six months and a total of 1430 […]

Bhubaneswar: A former Chicago Police chief had once said “Crisis is what causes change to happen.” Truly, senior police officer and 1986-batch IPS Abhay today takes charge as DGP of the State, when Odisha is staring at a crisis where crime against women is breaching a new normal every day. So, taking the guard at […]

Bhubaneswar: A girl from West Bengal today alleged that a manager of a hotel in Bhubaneswar, where she was reportedly staying for the last several days, attempted to outrage her modesty. Based on her complaint, the Laxmi Sagar Police has detained the accused and another staff of the hotel. While the police investigation into the […]

Bhubaneswar: For Odisha, the year 2020 scripted a tale of unending struggles, sacrifices and miseries in the wake of once-in-a-century pandemic, but in the midst of them all, crimes also seemed not to let the State sleep in peace. As per the data available with the government, the State was a shocked spectator to at […]