Tag: Special Task Force

552 grams of brown sugar worth about 25 lakh has been seized from the possession of the conduits, police said.

Bhubaneswar: A team of Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch will leave for Delhi today to interrogate suspected handler of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, Habibur Rahman. The team led by Crime Branch DIG Himanshu Lal will visit Delhi and seek permission from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to quiz about Rahman’s links with […]

Cuttack: Five officials of the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) today met the special task force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch and sought help in laying down pipelines. They alleged that some anti-social elements are hindering the pipeline work. IOCL officials alleged that oil from the pipeline is pilfered in Angul and Dhenkanal by an […]

Kendrapara: The special task force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch today interrogated Benazir Bibi, wife of arrested gangster Sayed Usman Ali alias Tito. Apart from Benazir, a former councillor from Kendrapara, Hifzul Rahman was also grilled by the STF for his alleged links with Tito. According to sources, the investigating agency wants to ascertain how […]

Bhubaneswar: Tightening its noose around arrested gangster Syed Usman Ali alias Tito, the special task force (STF) of the Crime Branch is planning to interrogate his wife to unearth benami properties and his links with the Ollywood industry. Sources from the probe agency said since bulk of the gangster’s properties are in the name of […]

Berhampur: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch takes over probe into seizure of SIM box in Berhampur in which four persons were arrested on Saturday for alleged link-ups with underworld don Chotta Rajan. In a tweet message, Crime Branch Special DGP BK Sharma said a team of officials of STF and EOW, […]

Bhubaneswar: Concerned over the alarming decline in the number of tigers in Odisha, senior Congress leader and former Union Environment and Forests minister Jairam Ramesh has urged the state government to take urgent steps to save the population of the magnificent predators in the state. In a letter to chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday, […]

Bhadrak: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police on Tuesday started interrogating Muna Khan and Haji, the two house owners, who rented their house to the five Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operatives at Nangamahal area here in the district. According to source, the STF officials are grilling the duo at Bhubaneswar to […]

Bhubaneswar: After taking the five terrorists of the banned outfit Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) on a 13-day remand yesterday, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch of Odisha Police started interrogating the ultras at some unknown place on Friday. According reports, the interrogation of the arrested SIMI terrorists will be carried […]

Mayurbhanj: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch busted a pangolin smuggling racket by arresting four persons from Ambadiha village under Udala police limits in Mayurbhanj district on Friday night. Two pangolins including a female and a baby pangolin weighing around 13 kgs from their possession, informed CB SP Satyajit Nayak in a presser […]

Bhubaneswar: Apart from a well organised crime syndicate, arrested gangster Syed Usman Ali alias Tito was also behind a major illegal cattle trafficking racket that has its roots spread to Bangladesh, revealed senior officials of the special task force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch. The links were exposed after the STF arrested gangster Tito’s […]

Bhopal: Death of one more person connected with Vyapam scam came to light as the Special Task Force probing the scam presented the death certificate of one of the accused-turned-witness to a court here. Sanjay Yadav of Balia district in Uttar Pradesh was accused of getting three people from Hamirpur fraudulently recruited as constables in […]

Bhubaneswar: After recovering two antique ‘Astadhatu’ idols, the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch has now got some vital leads regarding the inter-State idol theft and trafficking racket having links to Nepal. This was revealed during verification of the mobile phone of the accused Sayed Zilnoor, who was arrested from Jadupur area on […]

Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata police seized huge quantity of explosive substances from a goods vehicle in Chitpur area in the city and arrested two youths of Odisha in connection with the incident in the wee hours of Saturday. The arrested persons have been identified as Indrajit Bhui of Melak village and […]

Balasore: A Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police today arrested one dealer Sukant Sahu from Basta area of Balasore district in Odisha in connection with the seizure of 1000 kg of explosive materials on March 10. Sources said both Kolkata and Odisha Police are conducting a coordinated investigation to find out the actual reason […]