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Brown sugar racket in Odisha jail: 7 more arrested, 9 mobile phones seized
Bhubaneswar: The police have arrested seven more persons in connection with a brown sugar racket being operated from a jail in Odisha’s Khurda district.
The Khurda Model police had busted the racket by arresting six persons, including a…
Cuttack: Arms smuggling racket busted as police seize 4 guns, arrest three men
Cuttack: The Jagatpur police have busted an inter-state arms smuggling racket and arrested three men in this connection. Cops have also seized four country-made guns and 12 live bullets from their possession.
As per police sources, cops…
Major theft at Utkal University: Ornaments, cash worth over Rs 12 lakh stolen from staff quarters
Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants allegedly stole ornaments, cash and other valuables worth lakhs from a staff quarters on the campus of Utkal University in Odisha capital here yesterday.
The miscreants stole gold and silver ornaments…
Rourkela: Two drug traffickers arrested in biggest seizure of opium in Odisha
Rourkela: A team of Special Task Force (STF), Bhubaneswar conducted biggest seizure of opium in Rourkela and arrested two inter-state drug traffickers in this connection.
On the basis of intelligence input, the STF team, with the help of…
5 get death penalty for murder of Odisha politician in Keonjhar
Bhubaneswar: A court in Odisha’s Keonjhar district today sentenced five persons to capital punishment after convicting them in the sensational murder of former Anandpur block chairman Ram Chandra Behera five years ago.
The court of…
Revenue Inspector arrested for taking bribe in Odisha’s Ganjam
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance today arrested Pramod Kumar Behera, Revenue Inspector, JN Prasad Circle of Jaganath Prasad Tehsil in Ganjam district, for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from a person.
The anti-corruption agency…
Interstate job fraud: Odisha cops nab one more accused from Andhra
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha police has arrested one more accused in connection with an interstate job fraud.
Accused Akashpu Veera Chaitanya (26), son of Akashpu Basava Raju, was arrested from Visakhapatnam in…
Court sentences 12 years RI and Rs 1 Lakh fine each to 5 ganja smugglers in Odisha’s Sundargarh
Sundargarh: Hearing a case of 2022, a court in Sundargarh town of this district today sentenced 12 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) to five ganja (cannabis) smugglers and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each.
The five persons will undergo…
Odisha shocker! Father-son duo convicted for raping minor
Keonjhar: A POCSO court in Odisha’s Keonjhar district today convicted a man and his son for raping a minor girl two years ago.
The court sentenced the man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and slapped a penalty of Rs 10,000 on…
Man sentenced to 20 years RI for raping minor girl in Odisha’s Bhadrak
Bhadrak: A special fast-track court today sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a minor girl. The convict was identified as Mohan Kumar Kundu, son of Ramesh Kundu who hails from Bhagibindha village under…