POCSO court gives death to man for rape, murder of 12-year-old in Angul  

Angul: A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Friday awarded death sentence to a man after convicting him for rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Angul on January 20. Srinibas Dehruy alias Anam raped the Class-VII girl and stoned her to death after kidnapping her near Lingarajodi nullah of Kangula […]

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Inter-State cyber criminal arrested in Malkangiri

Malkangiri: Malkangiri police has arrested an inter-State cyber criminal for his alleged involvement in several cyber crime related cases in the State. A special team of the Cyber Cell led by Inspector SS Tripathy on Wednesday arrested Supravat Mohapatra (23) of Hiranyapada village under Satyabadi in Puri district. He was involved in at least six […]

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40 best performing cops felicitated in Odisha

Cuttack: Director General of Police (DGP) Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma on Thursday felicitated 40 best performing investigating officers, including two IPS officers and nine women police personnel of different districts, whose good investigations led to enhancement of convictions. The CID Crime Branch, as the nodal agency of crime investigation has taken many proactive steps for enhancement of […]

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Three members of family hacked to death near police outpost in Puri

Puri: Throwing an open challenge to Puri police, miscreants on Sunday hacked three members of a family to death near a police outpost near Pattnaikiya Chhak under Satyabadi police station in Puri district. The deceased were identified as Krushna Behera, Panchu Behera and Purna Behera. As per reports, the miscreants hacked the trio with sharp […]

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MM Das Commission submits 7th interim report on chit fund to Govt

Bhubaneswar: The MM Das Commission, probing into the multi thousand-crore chit fund scam in Odisha, submitted its seventh interim report to the State Government on Friday. Sources said the Commission’s Secretary submitted the 16,957 pages report to the Home Home Department. The report provides all details of the identified small investors so that State Government, […]

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‘RTI activist’ arrested on extortion charge in Keonjhar

Keonjhar: A man, claiming to be a RTI activist, was arrested by Keonjhar Police on charges of blackmailing and extorting money from people by threatening people to file RTI application against them. As per the reports, the accused identified as Sashibhusan Behera (55) used to collect money by threatening people, including Government officials and private […]

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Leopard hide smuggling row: STF arrests two cops in Odisha

Deogarh: A Jail Warder and a Havildaar were arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch in connection with seizure of leopard skin last month at Barkote in Deogarh district. With the arrest of Rourkela Special Jail Warder Rashmi Ranjan Mishra and IRB Havildar Likul Kumar Sahu today, nine persons have so far […]

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Ex-Andhra Bank Manager among three arrested for real estate fraud

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of CID on arrested three persons, including a former Andhra Bank Manager in connection with a real estate fraud to the tune of Rs 7 crore on Wednesday morning. Former Andhra Bank Manager and Andhra Bank Employees’ Housing Co-operative Society secretary Prafulla Kumar Sarangi and two property dealers – […]

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Police tighten grip on illegal drug trade via trains in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Director General of Police (DGP) Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma will form an exclusive team comprising selected officers from Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) to check illegal transportation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in running trains and railway station premises in the State. Decision to this effect was taken at […]

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