Latest Bargarh district News & Updates

Bhubaneswar, June 28 (IANS) The Infocity Police, Bhubaneswar, on Sunday arrested a 51-year-old man from West Bengal for allegedly duping several people of around Rs 3 crore by posing as the son of a former Lok Sabha MP and the CEO of a private company. The accused fraudster, identified as Sachidananda Bhoi, is a resident of Kendupali, under Bheden police limits in Odisha’s Bargarh district. He was presently residing at Phulnakhara, in Kataka district.Speaking to media persons, the Assistant Co…

Bhubaneswar, Jan 6 (IANS) A Special POCSO court in Bargarh district of Odisha on Tuesday sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of the rape and murder of a six-year-old minor girl in the Paikmal area of the district in November 2024. “On November 15, 2024, at around 9 a.m., the six-year-old girl and her grandfather were at their house when the accused, identified as Prashanta Bag (21), called the victim to go fishing. Bag, along with two other minors, took the girl to a nearby water…