Crime

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday arrested four persons, including a juvenile, for an alleged break-in and theft at an IAS officer’s house here. The accused has been identified as Dinesh Kumar Gupta, Kartika Sethy and Samir Kumar Pradhan. According to...

Bhubaneswar: A man in Odisha embezzled Rs 1.4 crore from ATMs simply by siphoning off part of the cash meant to be filled in ATM machines. But is it possible? Yes, if you are a cash loading manager for an agency...

Bhubaneswar: The accused sibling, Shrasta Routray alias Mamun, in the Balianta murder case surrendered before police here on Sunday, following which he was arrested. The accused had allegedly hacked his younger brother, Pritam Routray, to death in broad daylight at Atalagada in...

Bhubaneswar: Unidentified criminals on Sunday vandalised six cars in Sailashree Vihar, raising fears about safety and security in the locality. Residents woke up in the morning to find windshields of their cars smashed and window panes broken. "I fail to understand...

Baripada: The Sadar police on Wednesday recovered bodies of two women and that of the husband hanging from a tree outside the house at Tadakisola village in Mayurbhanj district. A hammer was seized from the room where the two women...

Khurda: Two dreaded criminals and as many police officers, including Begunia Police Station inspector-in-charge, were injured in an exchange of fire inside Dalatola forest near Kaluchhua under Begunia police limits in Khurda district on Saturday. The criminal duo, identified as Umesh Sahu...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit operating from a government quarter in the Odisha capital. The unit was operating inside the official residence of an employee of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). Police has arrested...

Jatni: Following alleged rape and murder of a minor at Mundia Sahi, Gopabandhu Nagar here, irate locals staged a road blockade near Jatni police station by burning tyres on Friday and sought stringent action against the culprit. According to police...

Kendrapara: A wanted criminal from Kendrapara district was finally nabbed in a late night encounter on Tuesday after playing hide and seek with the police for the past 10 years. Bijay Nayak sustained bullet injuries on his left leg and...

Kendrapara: A wanted criminal was injured in an encounter with the police in Kendrapara district late on Sunday night. The injured criminal, identified as Debi Prasad Das alias Litu, was admitted to the Community Health Centre (CHC) at Marshaghai from...