Tag: Torture

Cuttack: Students of Ravenshaw University today staged demonstration in front of the Vice-Chancellor (VC) and Cuttack DCP office protesting the arrest of one fellow student by police on charges of beating up a youth here on Monday. The students claimed police have arrested an innocent student, a Plus III second year student Anshuman Mohanty, who […]

Cuttack: Four persons of a family including the father-in-law and the mother-in-law of a woman were arrested today on charges of torturing her at Srikoruan village under Sadar police limits in the district. The arrest was made after the woman staged dharna in front of her in-laws house seeking justice. According to the complaint, the […]

Berhampur: In an instance of harassment, a family had to flee the village after allegedly being tortured and thrashed by a newly elected sarpanch at Tentulipali village under Khalikote block in Ganjam district. Exercising franchise as per their own choice in the recently concluded panchayat election cost Bhikari Sahu and his family dear. After election, […]

Bhubaneswar: A labourer from Patrapur village of Kendrapara district has alleged torture by his company officials in Oman. The man has been identified as Ashutosh Dhala. According to reports, the family of Dhala was not aware of his whereabouts for two months till he sent a voice message and narrated his ordeal to them. Talking […]

Koraput: After the persecution video of a couple at G. Rautpur village under Dasmantpur block became public, police here has started an investigation into the matter. It may be mentioned that the couple in love had fled from the village on March 19, as their families were against the relationship over caste and age issue. […]

Bolangir: A probe has today started into the shocking incident in which a tribal girl was beaten up and her hair cut off by a villager in Pardhiapali under Bolangir Sadar police limits on the petty allegation of stealing a mobile phone. Bolangir sub-collector today visited the village to conduct an on-spot investigation into the […]

Calicut/Bhubaneswar: A group of Odia labourers working in Kerala alleged that they were tortured and threatened by the locals without any reason. Even they accused the police of taking sides with the local people instead of coming to their rescue. The labourers from different areas of Nayagarh, Ganjam, Puri and Khurdha districts have been working […]

Bhubaneswar: Talcher MLA Braja Kishore Pradhan today landed in controversy after a woman, claimed to be his wife, alleged that she was subjected to physical torture by the lawmaker. The woman also lodged a complaint at Mahila Police Station here alleging that the legislator is refusing to give her social status as wife even after […]

Nayagarh: The Higher Education department has asked the authorities of the Divine Residential College here to immediately rusticate three students for brutally ragging their roommate. Sources said the Regional Director, Higher Education, has asked the college authorities to submit a detailed report on the incident by tomorrow. The directive of the department came after a […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate police on Friday issued a notice to industrialist Trailokya Mishra, his wife Ashamanjari Mishra and son Sabyasachi Mishra asking them to be present physically before the Kharvel Nagar police by June 22 in connection with a case of harassment and torture filed against them Sabyasachi’s wife Lopamudra Mishra. Since all three are absconding, […]

Cuttack: Holding Odisha government vicariously liable for the June 2012 custodial death of Kuldeep Mohapatra of Bhubaneswar, the Orissa High Court today ordered the government to pay damages of Rs five lakh to the youth’s family. Based on the reports submitted by CBI and a local magisterial inquiry, Justice B R Sarangi ordered the compensation […]

The girl’s mother, Rizwana Parveen, who rescued her and admitted her to Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar demanded stringent punishment for the culprits. 

Nabarangpur: A woman from Nabarangpur district has accused a Forest department official of cheating and torturing her. According to the complaint filed by the woman, the official, who was already married, falsely identified himself as a divorcee and misrepresented his religion to tie the knot with her. As per reports, the complainant was staying with […]

Cuttack: A girl who went missing & was later rescued by Banki Police today brought serious allegations against the cops alleging that she was raped, but was tortured and pressurized by police to drop the charges. As per reports, the girl was allegedly abducted by five persons and was raped by one of them in […]

Balasore: An infection on his leg seems to impede his gait as he struggles to walk at the age of 74 but the misery of being abandoned by his closed ones in the dusk of his life is more heart-rending for him than the physical wound. Shyama Mallick, a resident of Mulakada village under Soro […]