Crime

FIR registered against Odia film producer for assaulting woman journalist

03/11/202304/11/2023Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, November 3: The Commissionerate Police on Friday registered an FIR against controversial Odia film producer Sanjay Nayak, aka Tutu Nayak, was booked on Friday for allegedly slapping and abusing a woman journalist while she was at a theatre here to cover an event. Nayak was booked after the television journalist Debasmita Rout lodged a […]

Court summons Odisha ex-Law Minister Pratap Jena on October 6 in murder case

27/09/202303/10/2023Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Cuttack, September 27: The Salipur JMFC Court on Wednesday issued summons to former Law Minister and Mahanga MLA Pratap Jena to appear before it personally on October 6 in connection with the double murder case involving a 75-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader two and half years ago. On Monday, the Judicial Magistrate First Class […]

Odisha Health Minister Naba Das shot at by cop in Jharsuguda, critical

29/01/202329/01/2023Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Jharsuguda/Bhubaneawar, January 29: Naba Kisore Das, senior BJD leader and Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister, sustained a bullet injury to his chest after being shot at by a police officer at Brajrajnagar in his home district Jharsuguda on Sunday. Das, who represents the Jharsuguda Assembly constituency since 2009, was first rushed to the District […]

Gang that cheated 50,000 job seekers across India busted by Odisha EOW, prime accused held from UP

31/12/202202/01/2023Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneawar, December 31: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the State Crime Branch arrested Zafer Ahmed, the mastermind of job fraud, who allegedly duped over 50,000 job aspirants in five States including Odisha, from Aligarh Uttar Pradesh. The accused was reportedly duping job aspirants in at least five States – Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West […]

Tiger skin seized, one held in Nabarangpur

31/12/202202/01/2023Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Nabarangpur, December 31: Nabarangpur police has seized a tiger skin worth lakhs of rupees in international market and arrested an alleged poacher from Papadahandi area, informed DSP Chandrasekhar Hota here on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Papadahandi police led by Sub-Inspector Sibji Panda arrested one Kamal Kumar Mohanty (30) from near Papadahandi […]

Mamita Meher murder case: Key accused found hanging in jail hours before court appearance

20/12/202224/12/2022Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, December 20: Gobinda Sahu, the prime accused in the sensational lady teacher Namita Meher murder case in Kalahandi district, committed suicide in the Kantabanji Sub-Jail in Bolangir district on Tuesday. The incident took place hours before he was scheduled to appear in the Kamtabanji JMFC Court. According to jail authorities, Sahu was found hanging […]

My statement will create ripples in Odisha, claims honey-trap kingpin Archana Nag

06/12/202208/12/2022Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, December 6: Archana Nag, kingpin of the alleged honey-trap and sextortion racket, on Tuesday made explosive remarks saying her statement would create ripples in the State. “I won’t spare anyone. I will expose bigwigs who framed me in the case. I will reveal the truth to the ED officials. My statement would drop a […]

Odisha: CBI arrests Paradip Port official, three others in Rs 25 lakh bribery case

05/08/202206/08/2022Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, August 5: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested Paradip Port Trust’s Chief Mechanical Engineer Saroj Kumar Das and three others, including a senior executive of a stevedoring company in connection with an alleged bribery case. Das was accused of taking Rs 25 lakh bribe from Cuttack-based Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL), a […]

Leopard hide seized, one held in Koraput

20/07/202221/07/2022Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Koraput, July 20: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha crime branch on Wednesday seized a leopard skin and arrested one wildlife criminal. The accused has been identified as Mana Gouda, a resident of Goudaguda village under Baipariguda police limits in Koraput. Acting on a tip-off, a team of STF, with the help of […]

Puri police initiates process to confiscate drug peddler Anirudh Jaisingh’s Rs 1 crore assets

28/04/202202/05/2022Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Puri, April 28: Nearly a month after Puri police moved a competent authority under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act to confiscate assets worth over Rs 1 crore of brown sugar smuggler Anirudh Jaisingh alias Anu, the latter on Wednesday night passed an order for forfeiture of ill-gotten properties. This is the first […]