Two arrested for impersonating Home Dept officers, cheating police job aspirants of Rs 1.47 crore

Bhubaneswar, November 12: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch has arrested two persons for impersonating as State Home Department officers and cheating at least 38 police job aspirants of Rs 1.47 crore, said an EOW statement. The arrested persons identified as Baikunthanath Naik and Bhimsen Moharana were being forwarded to the […]

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STF seizes leopard skin, arrests two poachers in Odisha’s Boudh district

Bhubaneswar, November 11: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch has seized a leopard skin and arrested two poachers on Wednesday following a raid near Baunsuni bridge Chhak under Baunsuni police station in Boudh district, informs the STF on Thursday. The arrested persons have been identified as Abanikanta Kahanra and Sakinath Kahanra […]

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Odisha: Narcotics substances worth Rs 4 crore seized between April-October 2021

Cuttack, November 6: The Excise Department has seized narcotics substances worth nearly Rs 4 crore between April and October this year in the State, said an official release. According to a Excise Department statement, among the major detections, in October, the Balasore District Excise team had seized 1.5 Kgs brown sugar at Jaleswar in Balasore […]

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Elephant tusk seized, one arrested in Odisha’s Angul

Bhubaneswar, October 27: One elephant tusk was seized during a joint raid by Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch and Angul Forest Division officials while the smuggler – Sudar Nayak of Hatasiunali village in Ranibandha area under Thakurgarh police station in Angul district was arrested while striking the deal. Acting on a […]

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Odisha STF seizes 1.43 kg brown sugar, arrests inter-State drug peddler

Bhubaneswar, October 21: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch has seized 1.43 kg brown sugar and arrested one inter-State drug peddler on Wednesday following a raid in Tangi area in Cuttack district, said a STF release on Thursday. “On the basis of intelligence input, a raid was conducted by a team […]

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Teacher Mamita missing case: ‘Most wanted’ Gobinda Sahu arrested in Odisha’s Bolangir

Bolangir, October 19: Gobinda Sahu, the prime accused in the sensational Mamita Meher kidnapping-murder case, was nabbed from Budhipadar village under Bangomunda block in the district on Tuesday. “Prime accused in sindhikela ps case has been apprehended. He absconded from Police custody earlier,” tweeted Bolangir SP. Earlier in the day, Balangir SP had announced Rs […]

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Two leopard skins seized, one arrested in Odisha’s Boudh

Bhubaneawar/Boudh, October 19: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch with the help of Boudh Forest officials seized two leopard skins and has arrested one person following a raid near Kapasira village under Manmunda forest range, STF said on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Jibardhan Bhoi of Dundra village under Kantamal […]

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STF arrests two illegal arms racketeers in Odisha’s Dhenkanal

Bhubaneswar, September 24: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch on Friday arrested two persons involved in manufacturing and supplying illegal arms and seized nine country-made firearms and one country-made revolver along with other incriminating materials from their possession in Dhenkanal district. “Basing on intelligence input regarding illegal manufacturing/ possession/sale of illegal […]

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Odisha Vigilance arrests Motu IIC

Bhubaneswar, September 23: The Odisha Vigilance Department on Thursday arrested Malkangiri’s Motu police station IIC Susanta Sahu, who was caught with Rs 2.8 lakh ‘ill-gotten’ money on Wednesday. Yesterday, the anti-corruption wing of the Odisha Police intercepted Sahu near Khurda and seized Rs 2.8 lakh in cash from his possession while he was travelling in […]

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Paralakhemundi ACF death row: Suspect Gajapati DFO undergoes lie detection test

Bhubaneswar, September 18: The Crime Branch of Odisha police, which is probing the death of Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF), Paralakhemundi, on Friday conducted a polygraph test (lie detection) on the Gajapati Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sangram Keshari Behera. Behera, one of the accused in the mysterious death of the young ACF Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra, […]

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