Crime

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Friday apprehended Assistant Engineer of Balianta in Bhubaneswar, Sanghamitra Pattanayak, while allegedly demanding Rs 10,000 as bribe. According to a Vigilance release, the complainant had…
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Bhubaneswar: Two notorious criminals, wanted in several cases, were injured in an encounter with the police in Badagada area of Bhubaneswar. The two, identified as Sonu Yadav and Manish Yadav, were caught after being injured in a…
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Baripada: An incident of brutal ragging has come to light from a school at Basipitha under Khunta area of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. Sources said the horrific incident took place at Basipitha SSD High School where a class VI student…
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Bhubaneswar: A day after being caught while taking Rs one lakh bribe from a contractor, Assistant Engineer Naresh Kumar Das of Rural Works (Public Health) Division in Bhubaneswar was arrested by Odisha Vigilance on Thursday. A Vigilance…
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Bhubaneswar: A joint team of the Crime Branch, Special Task Force (STF), and Economic Offences Wing (EOW) conducted a massive raid at the Koida mines in Keonjhar district on Thursday. According to sources, the raids were carried out in…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha MLA Padmalochan Panda on Wednesday demanded a fresh investigation into the mysterious death of Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra in Gajapati district over four years ago. Raising the…
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Rourkela: Three persons, including an elderly couple, have been arrested for allegedly running a sex racket from a house in Rourkela’s Jagada area under Jhirpani police limits. The arrested have been identified as Joshna Biswal (62),…
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Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police arrested seven persons from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu allegedly involved in an online trading investment fraud case in which a man was duped of Rs 1.4 crore. The arrested persons have…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance unearthed huge assets, including three buildings, two shops and two plots, during simultaneous raids at locations linked to Debasis Sahoo, assistant project manager, Odisha Water Supply & Sewerage…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance arrested four former Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) secretaries for allegedly embezzling government funds to the tune of Rs 64 lakh. The accused have been identified as Bhubaneswar Sahu,…
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