Tag: Sit

Nayagarh: As if the sufferings following the kidnapping and brutal murder of their only daughter five months ago was not enough, now faced with impoverishment and hunger, the hapless parents of five-year-old Nayagarh girl ‘Pari’ are forced to sell their only source of sustenance, an autorickshaw. The couple—Ashok Sahoo and Soudamini—from Jadupr village in Nayagarh […]

Nayagarh: A day after arresting one person in the sensational kidnapping and murder of five-year-old Nayagarh girl ‘Pari’, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Odisha Crime Branch on Monday has clarified that it has sufficient evidence against the arrestee, who is the prime accused in the ghastly crime. “The SIT has acquired sufficient evidence against […]

Nayagarh: Fresh allegations have been levelled against Inspector General of Police Arun Bothra, the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) currently investigating the abduction and murder of five-year-old girl of Jadupur village in Nayagarh district. A complaint has been lodged against Bothra at the Nayagarh Sadar Police Station, wherein he has been accused of […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after arresting the accused in the sensational murder of a five-year-old girl at Jadupur village in Nayagarh in July this year, SIT chief Arun Bothra on Tuesday said that the killer had raped the girl after strangulating her to death. Addressing a press conference at the Commissionerate Police headquarters to reveal the […]

Bhubaneswar: The most challenging task before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) after it was given the charge of conducting a belated probe into the case was to recreate the trail of the suspect which had been erased with the passage of time. SIT chief Arun Bothra said, to begin with, the team had to revisit […]

Cuttack: The Bharatiya Bikash Parishad, a social organisation,  on Wednesday filed a miscellaneous petition in the Orissa High Court seeking direction for polygraph test of Arun Bothra, the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the murder of five-year old girl at Jadupur in Nayagarh district. The petitioner, Surendra Panigrahi, who has reiterated his […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the sexual assault and murder of a 5-year-old girl at Jadupur village in Nayagarh district, to file the charge-sheet in the case at the earliest. The court observed that the probe agency should file the charge-sheet at the earliest as many […]

Nayagarh: Amidst questions pouring in from all sides on the veracity of the SIT version in the ‘rape and murder’ of the five-year-old girl at Jadupur in Nayagarh district, senior IPS officer Arun Bothra, the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the case, today clarified on the missing-bones claims and the doubts raised […]

Bhubaneswar: Saroj Sethi, the prime accused in the sensational abduction and murder of a five-year-old girl in Nayagarh, is likely to undergo narco analysis test. According to sources, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder case on Monday filed a petition in a POCSO court in Nayagarh seeking permission to conduct the narco analysis […]

Nayagarh: The prime accused in the sensational rape and murder of a five-year-old Nayagarh girl reiterated on Sunday that he has been falsely implicated in the case and he doesn’t have any role in the ghastly incident. “I have been trapped in the case. The SIT officials have tortured me in the prison. I have […]

Nayagarh: In a sensational twist to the Nayagarh minor girl abduction and murder case, the POCSO court hearing the case on Tuesday termed that the prime accused who has been arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), is a minor. The court pronounced this based on evidence provided by the accused’s counsel. As per reports, […]

Bhubaneswar: In another twist in the Nayagarh minor girl murder case, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) Friday rejected the plea of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct narco analysis test on the accused. This afternoon, when the SIT produced the ‘minor’ accused before the Juvenile Justice Board with a request to subject him to […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Crime Branch, probing the abduction and murder of the 5-year-old girl in Nayagarh, to submit a detailed status report with regard to the investigation in the case. The Court has so far been presented with three status reports – the first […]

Nayagarh: In yet another setback to Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the sensational murder case of a five-year-old girl of Nayagarh, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Wednesday turned down its petition seeking brain mapping test on the accused. The JJB rejected the plea filed by SIT after the accused did not agree to the […]

Nayagarh: A day after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Odisha Crime Branch filed a charge-sheet in the sensational rape and murder of a five-year-old girl at Jadupur in the district, the lawyer of the minor accused has pointed out several inconsistencies in the findings made by the Arun Bothra led probe team. Advocate Chandra […]