Crime

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested senior OAS officer and Chief General Manager (P & A) of IDCO, Saroj Kanta Mohanty for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets to the tune of 153 per cent of his known sources of…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Thursday apprehended in-charge district welfare officer (DWO), Jajpur, Subrat Kumar Kanungo while allegedly accepting Rs 10,000 bribe. Kunumgo, who is also posted as senior revenue assistant in…
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Jajpur: A POCSO court has convicted a private tutor in a case of rape of a minor girl and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for 20 years in Odisha’s Jajpur district. As per the case, the convict, Mohan Bhuyan of Panikoili in the…
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Bhubaneswar: With the arrest of five persons, the Commissionerate Police on Tuesday said it has busted a self-styled ‘bouncer gang’ involved in issuing threats and assaulting people to vacate and gain possession of land in Bhubaneswar. …
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Balangir: A Sarpanch was allegedly assaulted by a government official after he pointed certain ‘irregularities’ in some projects being executed under the 5T initiative in Odisha’s Balangir district. The incident reportedly took place…
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Berhampur: A case has been registered against a teacher couple in Odisha’s Ganjam district for allegedly joining the teaching profession by submitting forged certificates. According to sources, Kabisuryanagar police registered the case…
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Bhubaneswar: Eight persons were arrested by the police on Monday in connection with the brutal sword attack on two youths at Airport Square in Bhubaneswar. The two victims, identified as Shiva Maharana and Rakesh alias Raka, were…
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Bhadrak: Police have arrested 4 persons, who had committed burglaries after identifying the houses as beggars, in Odisha’s Bhadrak town. Speaking to media persons on Saturday, Bhadrak SDPO Saurabh Ota said the gang of 4 burglars was…
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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police has arrested six persons in connection with a credit card fraud amounting to Rs 8 crore. The arrested have been identified as Prasanjit Dash alias Rinku (28), Pradeep Kumar…
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Dhenkanal: A man was allegedly beaten to death by his tenant following a dispute over vacating the rented accommodation at a village in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district. The incident reportedly took place at Baunsapal village under the…
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