Bhubaneswar, July 27 (IANS) In a shocking development, a man on Monday killed his 26-year-old wife before trying to end his own life by consuming poison over alleged marital discord in Mancheswar police limits of Bhubaneswar. According to police, the deceased was identified as Monika Jena, a native of Baunsapada village under Itamati Police Station area in Nayagarh district. Monika had married accused Deepak Kumar Jena of Ranpur area of the same district in 2019. The couple has a six-year-old ch…
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Bhubaneswar, July 27 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday ordered the Crime Branch of Odisha Police to take over the investigation into the alleged disappearance of the Justice A.S. Naidu Commission report on the murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and others from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) during the previous Biju Janata Dal (BJD) regime. The Chief Minister’s direction comes amid an ongoing investigation by the Commissionerate Police into the disappearance of …
Bhubaneswar, July 22 (IANS) In a significant development, the Commissionerate Police has issued a notice to V. Karthikeya Pandian, former IAS officer and close aide of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik, directing him to appear before the investigating officer for examination in connection with the alleged disappearance of two inquiry commission reports from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) during the previous BJD government. Capital Police Station Case (460/26) was registered on …
Bhubaneswar, July 20 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police on Sunday arrested two persons, including a woman, for allegedly duping a Bhubaneswar-based couple of around Rs 90 lakh by luring them to invest in a legitimate online dollar trading business with the promise of high returns. The accused were identified as Nilima Satpathy (41) of Bharatpur area in Bhubaneswar and Manoj Kumar Satpathy (43) of Koeri area in Jajpur district.According to the police, the case (381/26) was registered at Nayapalli …
Bhubaneswar, June 30 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police have cracked a sensational double murder case in Bhubaneswar within 24 hours, arresting two minor students for their alleged involvement in a brutal late-night assault that led to the death of a father-son duo at Kolathia under Khandagiri police limits during the intervening night of June 28 and 29. Police sources said the two unidentified assailants forcibly entered the house of 54-year-old Himanshu Padhi, a priest at a local temple, by bre…
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, June 23 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police has arrested a 38-year-old man on charges of sexually abusing a minor student in Bhubaneswar, said a police official on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Niranjan Mishra of the Mancheswar police station area of Bhubaneswar city. The victim, an undergraduate student at a local college, allegedly came into contact with the accused, who runs a coaching centre in the Saheed Nagar area of the city, a couple of months ago.According to the com…
Noida, June 20 (IANS) Ahead of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) re-test on June 21 (Sunday), the Gautam Buddha Nagar administration has stepped up last-minute preparations to ensure a fair, secure and hassle-free examination for thousands of students. Adequate arrangements have been put in place with heightened surveillance via CCTVs and increased police vigil around the NEET examination centres. A group of administrative as well as police teams are inspecting the exam centres a…
Bhubaneswar, June 10 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police has arrested two persons for allegedly sexually assaulting a 25-year-old woman on the pretext of offering massage at a beauty parlour in Jagamara under Khandagiri police limits in Odisha’s state capital Bhubaneswar. The accused persons were identified as Rabindra Mohanty, 50, the parlour owner and a resident of Kolathia under Bharatpur police limits, and Santosh Kumar Barik, 52, an employee of the parlour and a resident of Ragadipada village…
Bhubaneswar, June 8 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police on Monday arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting and blackmailing a 23-year-old woman after luring her with assurances of help in a possible police inquiry linked to an alleged job fraud case, Bhubaneswar Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jagmohan Meena said. The accused was identified as Himansu Samal, alias Jitu, of the Badachana Police Station area in Jajpur district.As per the case details, the victim’s mother, w…