Tag: Robbers

Balasore: A group of miscreants allegedly assaulted a jewellery shop owner and stole his car in Anantapur area under Soro police limits of Balasore district. They later went to the shop owned by the jeweller and looted valuables including jewellery and cash worth lakhs of rupees. The incident took place yesterday night when the victim, […]

Koraput: Jeypore Town police intensified search operation after three miscreants managed to escape following an exchange of fire in the wee hours today. Sources said the encounter was reported from Gopabandhu Nagar area when a police raided the spot after getting information about the presence of a criminal gang. The criminals were planning to commit […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Thursday arrested two persons from a shopping mall while the duo was shopping after robbing a house in VSS Nagar area of the city, thanks to a mobile message. According to sources, the thieves had barged into the house of an elderly woman living alone in the VSS Nagar area […]

Jatani: Gold ornaments worth lakhs of rupees were looted by robbers, who dug a 2-feet tunnel through a roadside drain to break into the Gold Plaza jewellery shop in Raja Bazar of Jatani yesterday. Police investigating the case with the help of a scientific team and sniffer dogs  have recovered a digging bar, hammer and […]

  Balasore: Balasore Sadar police today arrested 6 highway robbers and seized 2 four-wheelers, 2 two-wheelers, 5 mobile phones and sharp weapons from their possession. While two persons were arrested in connection with a robbery executed on May 12 near National Highway 60, others were arrested in two different incidents near Soro. According to sources, […]

Puri: A woman was killed for resisting a dacoity bid at Chandrakot village under Delanga police limits in Pipili area of Puri district last night. The deceased has been identified as Pushpalata Das. Nearly four to five armed miscreants had entered the house between 10:30 pm to 11 pm yesterday. On finding Pushpalata alone, the […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate police on Friday claimed to have busted a robbers’ gang that used to loot cash, mobiles and other valuables from commuters on national highways with the help of a toy gun. Two members of the gang have been arrested while another key associate is still absconding. The accused have been identified as Sushant […]

Dhenkanal: A gang of five robbers broke into a jewellery shop near Muktapasi in the district here in broad daylight on Thursday and decamped with valuables. The audacity of the robbers has left people shocked in the area as they targeted the shop during daytime. The miscreants entered the shop and looted at gun point. […]

Bolangir: Two unidentified motorcycle-borne miscreants allegedly looted Rs 5 lakh from a businessman, Sanjay Satpathy outside SBI branch at College Chhak in Bolangir town on Monday. According to reports, the incident took place when Sanjay was returning home after withdrawing the money. It is alleged that two miscreants came on a black motorcycle and snatched […]