Puri has been put under a security blanket ahead of the inauguration ceremony of the Jagannath Heritage Corridor Project, which is scheduled for Wednesday, said the Odisha Police chief. “On January 17, we are having the inauguration of Shree Mandir Parikrama (another name for Jagannath Heritage Corridor). We have made elaborate […]
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Odisha Police recover handwritten notes of accused ASI from septic tank in Naba Das murder case
The special investigating team (SIT) probing minister Naba Das’ murder on Thursday recovered handwritten notes of accused ASI Gopal Das from a septic tank of Jharsuguda Airport police station. The CID and Crime Branch team in a statement said that the accused ASI during questioning revealed that he threw handwritten notes in a septic […]
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Odisha Police pays tribute to Vijaya Laxmi Devi, state first woman Sub-Inspector
The state of Odisha fondly remembered its first and India’s third lady Sub-Inspector Vijaya Laxmi Devi on Sunday. The officer, who belonged to the Dhenkanal district of Odisha, joined the state police force on January 8, 1962. She was the third woman to become a police sub-inspector after Shanti Parwani […]
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Odisha Police arrests fugitive real estate firm director from Andhra Pradesh in cheating case
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police on Saturday arrested the director of a real estate company, who had been absconding from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh in a cheating case. Manoj Kumar Panda, one of the accused Directors of M/s Odyssa Home and Commercials Pvt Ltd, a real estate […]
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Odisha police inspector arrested for accepting bribe
A police inspector from the Umerkote police station in the Nabarangpur district was arrested by the Odisha Vigilance Directorate for demanding and accepting a bribe worth Rs 20,000 from a complainant. The police inspector has been identified as Sri Limaraj Pradhan, Additional Inspector in charge of the Umerkote police station, […]
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Odisha Police arrest key accused in January 1999 gangrape case
Odisha Police has nabbed the prime accused in a gangrape case pertaining to January 1999 which triggered an outcry across the country, from Maharashtra’s Lonavala on Sunday. The accused identified as Biban Biswal who was allegedly masquerading as a man identified as Jalandhar Swain was hiding in Maharashtra for 22 years and was […]