Crime

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Crime Branch on Wednesday submitted a chargesheet against 11 accused in connection with the alleged mob lynching of Government Railway Police (GRP) constable Soumya Ranjan Swain in Balianta on the outskirts of…
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Bhubaneswar: Acquitting an Odisha man who had spent nearly 22 years in jail in connection with a 2004 triple murder case in Koraput, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that his conviction was based on “weak and highly unreliable”…
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Jharsuguda: The district police on Tuesday seized over 23,000 bottles of banned codeine-based cough syrup and arrested two interstate drug traffickers. The arrested have been identified as Mohammad Ahsan Ahmed (38) Madanpur area in…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has issued a strict directive prohibiting its personnel from charging private electric vehicles using electricity supplied to office buildings.The department has also ordered a crackdown on unauthorised power…
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Bhubaneswar: In a major step towards strengthening cybercrime investigation and digital forensic capabilities, the Odisha Police's CID-Crime Branch on Tuesday signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Forensic…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has directed the suspension of IFS officer Sangram Keshari Behera, an accused in the Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra death case. Behera is currently…
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Kendujhar: A POCSO court in the district has sentenced a coaching centre owner to rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl student. The court of Additional District Judge-cum-Special Judge (POCSO), Monali…
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Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch has intensified its crackdown on interstate drug trafficking by launching a data-driven campaign to identify, track and dismantle organised narcotics networks operating…
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Bhubaneswar: Dana Majhi, a tribal man from Odisha’s Kalahandi district, has lodged an FIR against the makers of short film ‘Laash’. Majhi, who had hogged the headlines for carrying the body of his wife on his shoulders for 10 km after…
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Bhubaneswar: The city police detained a youth following an alleged attempt to circulate fake Indian currency notes (FICN) in Chillipokhari area under Badagada police limits on Sunday. According to sources, two youths arrived on a…
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