Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 (IANS) The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police has arrested a man from Bhubaneswar in connection with a Rs 6 crore investment fraud case, a senior police official said on Monday. The accused cyber criminal, identified as Vedgiri Srinivasrao, 39, is a resident of the Guntur area in Andhra Pradesh.Police sources revealed that a businessman from Berhampur in Ganjam district came into contact with an unidentified cyber fraudster on the popular social media platform Facebook on May 7…
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police has arrested three accused fraudsters for allegedly duping several investors of over Rs 2 crore on the pretext of online trading, a senior EOW official informed on Friday. The accused, identified as Bikram Keshari Sahoo of the Patia area, Dinesh Moharana of Soubhagya Nagar, and Sarbanam Sabat of the Sahid Nagar area of Bhubaneswar, were arrested in connection with a case registered based on a complaint lodged by one…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 22 (IANS) Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Y.B. Khurania, on Thursday, unfurled the National Tricolour at the Udabali Island in Bhadrak district, reiterating the state and Central government’s commitment to strengthening coastal and maritime security. Addressing the gathering, DGP Khurania said Odisha has a coastline of nearly 574 km, which plays a vital role in economic activities, including major ports such as Paradip and Gopalpur.He noted that the state also has 16 isl…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 21 (IANS) The Crime Branch of Odisha Police has arrested one accused from Maharashtra in connection with a digital arrest fraud case involving an amount of Rs 62.18 lakhs. The Crime Branch, in a press note issued on Wednesday, further revealed that the victim, a private company employee, on 6 July 2024 received a WhatsApp video call from a mobile number, with the caller claiming to be from Mumbai Tilaknagar Police.The fraudster alleged that an arrest warrant had been issued agai…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 (IANS) The Rourkela Police in Odisha on Monday busted an interstate cybercrime gang and arrested seven alleged fraudsters, including a bank employee, who used to open mule bank accounts that were sold or rented to cybercriminals across the country and used to launder money defrauded from unsuspecting victims. Police sources stated that the gang was primarily engaged in the procurement and operation of mule bank accounts opened in the names of residents, mainly from Rourkela a…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 8 (IANS) Anonymous emails threatening bomb attacks on three courts in Odisha were received on Thursday, triggering panic.As per reports, the registrars of the District and Sessions Courts in Cuttack, Sambalpur, and Deogarh received emails threatening bomb attacks.Following the receipt of the threat mails, the court premises were immediately cleared by suspending all work.Upon being informed, local police forces, along with bomb disposal squads, dog squads, and cyber experts, rea…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 (IANS) In a big catch, the Odisha Vigilance on Monday laid a trap and nabbed two engineers for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000 from a contractor in Mayurbhanj district of the state. The accused engineers identified as Harekrushna Singh, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) and Subrat Mohanty, Junior Engineer (JE), Udala, are working in the Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation Ltd., Udala Sub-Division of Mayurbhanj district. The vigilance sources revealed tha…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 2 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police has arrested the main accused in a Rs 40 crore share trading fraud case from West Bengal, a senior official said on Friday. The accused was identified as Amit Mandal, a resident of South Boilapara under Bishnupur police station area in Bankura district of West Bengal. He was arrested on December 31, 2025 in connection with a case registered over the allegations of Sushant Kumar Das of Odisha’s Khordha district. Das a…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 25 (IANS) Dreaded Maoist commander Ganesh Uike, a central committee member of the CPI (Maoist) and carrying a bounty of Rs one crore, was killed in a major anti-Naxal operation in Odisha, police officials said on Thursday.Uike was gunned down in an encounter with a joint security force team comprising Odisha Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and the Border Security Force (BSF) in the dense Rampa forest area along the Kandhamal-Ga…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 23 (IANS) In a major development, 22 members of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation, including 10 women, laid down their arms before the Odisha Police in Malkangiri district on Tuesday.All the Left-Wing Extremists (LWE), belonging to the Chhattisgarh cadre, surrendered before the Odisha Police in the presence of Director General of Police (DGP), Odisha, YB Khurania, during a special programme.The surrendered Maoist cadres carried a combined reward of around Rs 1.48 crore, accor…