Two days back, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had released an audio clip wherein Sahoo can be heard saying that for Minister Samir Ranjan Dash he would end his life.
Koraput: The Commission of Inquiry probing into the Kunduli gang rape and suicide case today visited Musaguda village and questioned the family members of the victim. The three member team also visited the crime spot, where the minor girl had been allegedly gang raped by “four persons in uniform”. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in February, […]
Bolangir: A four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Crime Branch led by Additional SP Anil Kumar Das continued with its probe into the mysterious parcel bomb explosion by visiting the crime spot at Patnagarh. The team officials met the family members of deceased Soumyasekhar Sahu to collect more information in connection with the incident. The […]
Bhubaneswar: Alleging sheer negligence in the investigation of Kunduli gang rape and suicide case, the Congress party is all set to corner Odisha government by launching a state-wide agitation in a phased manner from tomorrow. At a press meet in Bhubaneswar, Congress MLA and party’s Dalit cell chief Krushna Sagaria on Sunday informed that the […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ordered SIT probe into the gang rape and subsequent suicide of Kunduli victim, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today alleged that this is yet another attempt of the CM to cover up his own inefficiency. Briefing mediapersons, Pradhan questioned the significance of a SIT probe at a time […]
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today ordered a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the alleged Kunduli gang rape and suicide incident. The SIT probe will be monitored by the court. Briefing mediapersons here, Patnaik said the state government is committed to ensure justice to the victim at the earliest and in a most transparent […]
Paralakhemundi: The relatives of Paralakhemundi King Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo’s former manager Ananga Manjari Patra moved the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today alleging tardy investigation by the Crime Branch Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the mysterious deaths of Ananga Manjari and her three siblings. Ananga’s brother, two sisters and brother-in-laws visited the OHRC office […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed petition seeking SIT probe into the death of Judge Loya who was earlier holding trial in the Shorabuddin Sheikh staged shoot out case. Holding that there was absolutely no merit in the petition, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday axed an order passed by a bench headed by Justice J. Chelameswar to set up a constitution bench to hear a plea for a SIT probe into graft allegation involving a retired Orissa High Court judge, amidst high drama involving noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan, Chief Justice Dipak Misra […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed another plea filed by a non-government organisation seeking an SIT probe into the alleged bribery case in the name of judges. A bench comprising justices R K Agrawal, Arun Mishra and A M Khanwilkar also imposed a cost of Rs 25 lakh on the petitioner NGO – Campaign […]
New Delhi: The police on Wednesday opposed in the Delhi High Court setting up of an SIT or a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to look into the violence at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university in December last year, saying it would “amount to supplanting the law”. The submission was made before a bench of Chief […]
Bhubaneswar: Amid the massive public outrage over the alleged lackadaisical investigation into the abduction and subsequent murder of 5-year-old girl ‘Pari’ in Nayagarh district, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said that the State government is ready for a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the sensational case. Patnaik made the announcement […]
Bhubaneswar: With the Orissa High Court still to give its consent to monitor the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Nayagarh Minor (Pari) Murder case, the big legal hurdle before the SIT is it cannot record statement of the suspects or the witnesses to the case. The big poser then will the SIT exercise in Nayagarh […]
Bhubaneswar: Minister Arun Sahoo finally broke his silence over the sensational kidnap and murder case of a five-year-old girl in Nayagarh which has triggered a massive public outcry as well as a political storm in the State. Reacting to questions by reporters, the State Higher Education Minister said, “I prayed to God that let the […]
Bhubaneswar: The State Forensic Laboratory, Bhubaneswar could not determine the group of the semen found on the frock of the five-year-old girl in Nayagarh district who was allegedly raped and murdered. The Forensic Lab authorities, who conducted the chemical examination of the frock and a jute sack, in a letter to the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, […]