Tag: Suicide

Nayagarh: In a bizarre incident a woman died and her two sons are battling with life after consuming poison in Godisahi of Odagaon,  Nayagarh district. Suspected to be a fallout of family quarrel, the woman made her two sons consume the poison before she consumed it. While the woman, identified as Banabasi Sahu, died, the […]

Jeypore: Male partner of a couple hung himself to death from a ceiling fan in G.Rautput village in Dasamantpur of Korpaut district today after being tormented in public by his family members for running away with a young woman of different caste. Though the youth along with the female partner had attempted to commit suicide […]

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a jawan of the 202 Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (Cobra) has allegedly committed suicide by shooting self with his service rifle at Sunabeda in Koraput district. The deceased has been identified as Shankar Prasad of New Delhi. The exact reason for Prasad resorting to such extreme is still unclear. […]

Balasore: Yet another farmer suicide allegation came from Pakharabada village under Sadar police limits in Balasore district today. The deceased was identified as Sudam Khatua. According to family members of Sudam, he had taken Rs 1.45 lakh loan on a 10 percent interest rate from a landlord of his village. He had used that money […]

Bhubaneswar: After Bargarh, another farmer committed suicide allegedly over crop loss and debt burden in Nabarangpur. The deceased has been identified as Siba Bhadra of Sanamisi village. According to sources, Bhadra had consumed pesticide on March 3 and died while undergoing treatment at Nabarangpur hospital today. Sanadi Bhadra, wife of deceased claimed that her husband […]

Bargarh: After Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy passed the blame for giving false statements on suicidal death of Khainu Bagarti alias Hadu, a farmer from Bargarh district, on the shoulders of Bargarh District Collector Anjan Kumar Manik, the latter also followed on the foot steps of the minister. “It is not necessary for the Collector to personally visit the […]

Subarnapur: A farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticides at Manikapur village under Biramaharajpur block in the district after he failed to repay agricultural loans. The deceased has been identified as Chakradhara Rajahans. According to family members of Rajahans, he has taken Rs 50,000 loan from Musurndi branch of State Bank of India and Rs […]

Jajpur: In a shocking incident, a man committed suicide after killing his wife at Jhikiria village under Binjharpur police station in the district on Friday morning. According to sources, the accused identified as Goura Mallick took the extreme step over family feud. Mallick first killed his wife Jharana by slitting her throat with a chopper […]

Nuapada: In a tragic incident, a middle-aged farmer of Bhuliasikuan village under Khadiala block in the district allegedly ended his life by consuming pesticides due to crop loss on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Santosh Meher (43). According to sources, Meher had grown rice in 12 acres of land. But, he suffered heavy […]

Cuttack: A day after Congress MLA from Paralakhemundi K Surya Rao and two others were quizzed, three more political leaders of Gajapati district appeared before the Crime Branch probe team here at the State police headquarters today for interrogation in connection with the mysterious death of Parala King’s former manager Anang Manjari and her three […]

Bhadrak: Tension ran high at Basudevpur in Bhadrak district today as irate locals staged a road blockade demanding immediate arrest of principal of Navodaya Vidyalaya while blaming him for the death of a Class XI student who committed suicide inside the hostel in the school premises yesterday. The irate locals blocked Basudevpur-Dharma road Chandimal Chhak […]

Anandpur: In a bizarre incident, an old man committed suicide by consuming poison and attempted to kill his grandson by poisoning him at Bahia village under Anandpur police station in Keonjhar district today. Critically injured grandson of the deceased is undergoing treatment at a local hospital. Sources said deceased Bimbadhar Nayak committed the crime in […]

Jajpur: A junior engineer of Panikoili Rural development department in the district was arrested for allegedly abetting a woman RI’s suicide, police said today. Police said accused Madhusudan Das had developed love affairs with former Revenue Inspector Subhasmita Sahu of Tulati circle. The engineer trapped the RI in love claiming him as a bachelor. When […]

Berhampur: As widely suspected, the suicide note of Ananga Manjari Patra, the former manager of Parala king Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deb, and her two siblings has named local Congress MLA K Surya Rao, some political leaders cutting across party lines and an Odia TV channel holding them responsible for their deaths, Crime Branch sources said. […]

Bhuabneswar: Three suicide notes and a dairy have been recovered from the house where the bodies of Anang Manjari Patra, the palace manager of Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deb, the successor of Gajapati dynasty of Pralakhemundi, and two of her siblings were found dead on Sunday afternoon, Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh revealed this […]