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Bhubaneswar: A day after a court allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take three out of the five SIMI arrested SIMI operatives on 15 days’ remand, the national investigating agency took the trio to Bhopal on Thursday for further interrogation. According to sources, Amjad Khan, Zakir Hussain and Sheikh Mehboob, the three SIMI operatives, […]

Bhubaneswar: Out of the five SIMI operatives arrested from Rourkela, three will be taken on a 15 days’ remand by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). According to sources, Amjad Khan, Zakhir Hussain and Seikh Mehboob will be taken on remand by a team of NIA from Bhopal. NIA was granted remand permission by the court […]

Bhubaneswar: Police and intelligence agencies have gone into an overdrive to extract more information from the five SIMI terrorists arrested in Rourkela yesterday. The National Investigating Agency (NIA), Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch and Police from other states will be interrogating the five arrested terrorists to unearth vital information on their terrorist […]

Bhubaneswar: One of the five terrorists of banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), who were arrested from Rourkela yesterday, has confessed to his involvement in the blast carried out in Chennai in 2014. Zakir, one of the four terrorists arrested by police along with a woman yesterday, has reportedly confessed during interrogation to have […]

Rourkela: Five terrorists, including a woman, of banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) were arrested by Police in Rourkela late night yesterday after a 3-hour-long fire exchange. According to sources, the five of them were staying at a rented flat Qureshi Mohalla. A joint team of Special Operations Group (SOG), Telengana Police, Rourkela Police […]

A Special Operations Group (SOG) jawan was critically injured in a landmine explosion at Kuabahali village under Turekela block here last evening

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes today suggested to the Odisha government to conduct psychiatric test of the Special Operations Group (SOG) jawans allegedly involved in the gunning down of five villagers during an anti-Maoist operation in Kandhamal

Nuapada: The Special Operations Group (SOG) Jawans have busted a Maoist camp set up inside a forest near Katphar village under Boden police limits in the bordering areas of Odisha and Chhattisgarh, informed Nuapada SP Smith P Parmar on Wednesday. During the combing operation, the SOG jawans seized five tiffin bombs along with explosives, arms […]

Koraput: Making his first official visit to Koraput district after assuming charge, Odisha DGP Abhay on Saturday held a close door meeting with superintendent of police (SPs) of six districts and senior officials of Border Security Force (BSF) and Special Operation Group (SOG). Sources said that a detailed discussion on intensifying anti-Maoist operations and other […]

Malkangiri: In yet another breakthrough, security forces on Monday recovered a country-made revolver, claymore mine and other explosives from a Maoist dump in Malkangiri district. Senior police officials informed that the Maoist dump was unearthed during a joint combing operation launched by SOG and BSF jawans at several places under Jodamba police limits in the […]