Crime

Sonepur: Unidentified miscreants targeted the residence of BJD leader and Binika block chairperson, Diptirekha Nanda at Singhijuba in Sonepur district, firing at least 25 rounds of bullets before fleeing the spot. The incident occurred…
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Jayapur: Odisha Vigilance on Saturday arrested Satyanarayan Sethy, assistant executive engineer of Kotpad block in Koraput district, for allegedly amassing assets far beyond his known sources of income. He is set to be produced before the…
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Rayagada: Police have arrested 16 people in connection with an alleged vigilante violence fuelled by misinformation in which a young woman from Delhi and her male colleague from Gujarat were brutally assaulted by a mob in Odisha’s Rayagada…
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Puri: The district police have arrested 11 fake Gumastas (shrine agents/touts) over the last five days for allegedly extorting money from people under the pretext of arranging hassle-free special darshan of the sibling deities at Shree…
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Bhubaneswar: Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M has formally requested the Director General and Inspector General of Police, CID-Crime Branch, to transfer the investigation of a leopard skin smuggling case to the specialised Wildlife Crime…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Friday recovered one 2-BHK flat, two farmhouses spanning over 14 acres, 32 valuable plots, 300 grams of gold jewellery, and Rs 5.48 lakh in cash during searches on properties linked to Assistant…
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Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Dayal Gangwar, who had been embroiled in a controversy following the Balianta lynching case over allegedly engaging railway constable 32-year-old Soumya Ranjan Swain for non-official duties, has been placed…
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Phulbani: Security forces uncovered a Maoist arms dump in Kandhamal district, seizing a large cache of weapons and explosives during a search operation in Kotagarh police limits. Acting on intelligence inputs, police teams combed a…
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Sundaragada: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped at Talsara village in Dharuadihi area of the district, and police arrested all three accused within hours in a swift operation. The accused, all residents of Talsara village and…
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Brahmapur: A 66-year-old widow died after consuming pesticide at Chadheyapada village in Beguniapada block of Ganjam district, reportedly due to depression over not receiving her old-age pension for the last three months, family members…
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