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  • Odisha police ASI’s spouse lands in hassle for cybercriminals

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: The spouse of an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), who’s posted within the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB), has landed in hassle allegedly due to the cybercriminals.

    ASI Bijay Kumar Balahi’s spouse Banalata Parhi reportedly accepted to avail bank card companies after a public sector financial institution mentioned she will make the most of as much as Rs 2 lakh for health-related issues in case of an emergency and pay the quantity later via her financial savings account.

    Banalata acquired a phone name in November final 12 months and the caller impersonated the financial institution’s bank card agent. The caller requested the sufferer why she was not using the companies even 15 days after receiving the bank card.

    The sufferer requested the caller to dam her bank card as she was not discovering it essential to avail the companies.

    However, the caller claimed that Banalata will even must make a fee if she decides to give up her bank card and steered she activate the companies.

    The caller requested the sufferer to share the one time password (OTP) despatched on her cell phone to activate the companies. When Banalata shared the OTP, she acquired a message {that a} transaction of greater than Rs 49,000 was carried out utilizing her bank card.

    Banalata knowledgeable her husband Bijay and he instantly withdrew the money deposited in her financial savings account.

    The couple reported the matter to the financial institution and Bhadrak Town police station in November 2021. However, since then the sufferer has been receiving messages from the financial institution to clear the excellent quantity together with the curiosity amounting to over Rs 59,000.

    “We did not carry out any transaction using the credit card and the fraud was also reported to the bank. But, the bank officials are asking us to clear the outstanding amount. As the local police were not able to help us, I lodged a complaint at the cyber cell in Bhubaneswar,” mentioned Bijay.

  • Cops arrests duo with smuggled copper scrap

    By Express News Service

    JAJPUR: A particular squad of Jajpur police arrested two individuals and seized over two quintal of smuggled copper scrap from their possession at Deuli village in Dharmasala on Sunday evening.

    The accused are Damodar Sahoo and Manas Sahoo of Balipatana village. Acting on a tip off, police raided a rented home close to NH-16 at Deuli and apprehended the duo with the smuggled copper scrap price over Rs 1.5 lakh.

    The seized copper scrap was packed in six gunny baggage. The accused had been planning to promote the smuggled metallic in black market outdoors the state. They used to gather the scrap from Balipatana, Kundapatana and close by areas.

    The particular squad handed over the duo and the seized supplies to Dharmasala police. However, Damodar managed to flee from police custody solely to be recaptured the identical evening. The accused duo was produced in court docket on Monday and remanded in judicial custody.

  • Sunil Bansal appointed as Odisha Police chief

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Government on Wednesday appointed Sunil Kumar Bansal as the brand new Director-General of Police (DGP), Odisha.

    Office of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik formally introduced the appointment of Bansal, a 1987 batch IPS officer.

    Bansal, who’s on central deputation, is at the moment serving because the Special Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB) and can assume cost of the brand new DGP from January 1, 2022. He will succeed Odisha DGP from 1986 batch IPS officer Abhay who shall be finishing his two-year tenure on December 31 this 12 months.

    The 1987 batch IPS officer has served extensively in IB.

    Before being elevated to the submit of particular director IB in October 2020, he was serving as the extra director IB. The senior IPS officer additionally had a stint as Joint Director (IB) in New Delhi.

    Initiating the method for the appointment of the brand new DGP in October final week, the State Government had submitted a panel of names to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

    The MHA then despatched the checklist of three empanelled officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) which then scrutinised it and accepted the names of three senior IPS officers and requested the Odisha authorities to choose one identify for the highest submit of police administration within the state.

  • Mamita Meher homicide case: BJD flexes muscle mass amid present of power by opposition

    By Express News Service

    BHAWANIPATNA: An enormous safety blanket was thrown throughout Kalahandi district for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s programme at Bhawanipatna amidst intensified protest by opposition political events over Mamita Meher homicide case.

    Bhawanipatna city changed into a fortress as police stood guard at strategic places to forestall any untoward incidents with each Congress and BJP threatening to protest the CM’s occasion. Sources stated with a purpose to present their power, the ruling BJD moreover BJP and Congress roped of their employees from throughout the district for the programme. Batches of BJD employees and beneficiaries of Mission Shakti from neighbouring villages marched in procession in direction of the assembly venue of the CM. Police discovered it tough to regulate the site visitors as serpentine rallies descended on the roads.

    Similarly, BJP and Congress employees in small teams gathered at strategic locations and waved black flags at Ministers who had been on method to the CM’s programme. There had been a number of situations of confrontation between BJD supporters and agitators because the ruling social gathering had mobilised numerous employees for the occasion. Tension prevailed close to Kalyan Mandap, Dayanidhi Chowk, Gandhi Chowk, Manikeswari High School Chowk and Circuit House as BJD employees had a face-off with the protestors. 

    In Kesinga, BJP and Congress employees pelted eggs at Agriculture Minister Arun Sahu over the Mamita Meher case. Women and Child Development Minister Tukuni Sahu additionally confronted comparable protests in Narla.The CM arrived on the Agriculture College floor at 11 am and distributed sensible well being playing cards to beneficiaries. After the CM’s assembly, an enrolment drive of BJD was held at Kalyan Mandap in Bhawanipatna the place many new members had been inducted into the ruling social gathering.

    Ahead of Naveen’s go to, tight safety preparations had been put in place. As many as 25 platoons of police pressure had been deployed at strategic places in Bhawanipatna city. Around 100 employees of opposition events had been detained as a safety measure. 

  • Odisha Police finds involvement of one other lady in DRDO espionage case

    By PTI

    Bhubaneswar: In a brand new twist to the DRDO Integrated Test Range (ITR) espionage case, Odisha Police Saturday stated it has discovered the involvement of one other lady.

    Additional director basic of crime department, Sanjeev Panda stated that in investigation it got here to the fore that one other lady primarily based in Mumbai was additionally in contact with one of many accused in reference to the espionage case.

    The lady had allegedly developed acquaintance with him by claiming that she belonged to Balasore, the native district of the accused.

    It is, nevertheless, not clear whether or not she was the identical lady who had honey-trapped the 5 accused and allegedly extracted info from them, the ADG stated.

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    The second lady advised the accused person who she hails from Balasore and works in Dubai.

    She additionally requested him to offer her Rs 40,000 and promised to return the sum.

    The accused had deposited the quantity in two installments on April 18 this 12 months in two completely different financial institution accounts in Mumbai.

    The similar quantity was deposited within the SBI account of the accused on the financial institution’s Chandipur department on April 19, Panda stated.

    He stated a criminal offense department group of Odisha Police will quickly go to Mumbai for additional investigation into the suspicious monetary transactions of the accused.

    On September 13 and September 15, the police had arrested the 5 accused individuals working on the ITR in Chandipur on the cost of getting hyperlinks with a overseas agent and supplying credible info to enemies.

    Earlier, it had discovered the involvement of a feminine operative, suspected to be from Pakistan, within the espionage case.

    The police had confirmed that this lady had despatched Rs 38000 to one of many accused from a financial institution in Dubai in two tranches for info on the ITR, from the place defence missiles are take a look at launched.

    She had used a London SIM card to name the accused individuals from Islamabad below completely different names.

  • Chhattisgarh chief amongst two girls Maoists to give up earlier than Odisha Police

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: Two girls Maoists together with one from Chhattisgarh laid down their arms on Sunday. Gita Podiami of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district and Debe Podiami of Malkangiri’s Kalimela space surrendered earlier than DGP Abhay at Sunabeda in Koraput.

    In 2018, Gita was inducted into the CPI (Maoist) in Dandakaranya particular zonal committee. She was a celebration member in Jana Natya Mandali for six months, and in December 2018 she was transferred to the AOB provide staff underneath Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC). After six months, Gita was transferred to Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) navy platoon and was supplied with a .303 rifle. She labored in Boipariguda and Machkund areas of Koraput district, Swabhiman Anchal, Tulsi space in Malkangiri and Pedabayalu in Andhra Pradesh. She was concerned in a minimum of 4 exchanges of fireside with the safety forces in Malkangiri district between 2018 and 2021.

    Debe had joined the banned outfit’s Kalimela space committee in 2005 as a celebration member. She obtained her formal coaching in 2007. She labored with Kalimela space committee until December 2008 after which was a part of Machkund native group squad for the following 12 months.

    Debe was promoted to the rank of space committee member in 2020 and was supplied with an Insas rifle. She continued to work with the Gumma space committee till surrendering earlier than the police. Debe was concerned in seven main assaults on the safety forces in Odisha.

    Police stated many native ultras are surrendering as they’re being denied promotions and their senior leaders are displaying favoritism in the direction of the Andhra Pradesh cadres. The police appealed to the Maoists to hitch the mainstream and benefit from the federal government’s give up and rehabilitation scheme.

    In one other improvement, DGP inaugurated Jodambo and Kalimela police stations throughout his go to to Malkangiri district on the day.

  • Odisha police guide BJD chief Pranay Sahu, three others for misbehaviour with cops

    By Express News Service

    BARGARH: Four individuals together with a BJD chief had been booked on Sunday for threatening and misbehaving with an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and different workers of Gaisilet police station on September 16.

    ASI Pramod Patra lodged a criticism towards BJD chief Pranay Sahu and Deben Joshi of Kandumunda, Rabi Thakur of Jamutbahal in addition to Kainru Sahu of Gourenmunda in Gaisilet police station on the day.

    In his criticism, Pramod stated he was in-charge of the station diary on September 16 when Pranay, Deben and Rabi together with 15 to twenty individuals reached the police station and began abusing him over a beforehand registered case.

    Accusing the police of being criminals in uniforms, the mob misbehaved with the opposite workers too. When a woman cop confronted them, Kainru, who was a part of the mob, slapped her earlier than abusing her in foul language.

    Kainru together with different accused fled the police station after threatening the on-duty personnel to fix their methods. “We were discharging our duties when the incident happened. It has left us mentally disturbed and in a state of agony,” the ASI acknowledged in his criticism.

    Bargarh SP Rahul Jain stated, “A case has been registered under sections 147, 332, 294, 354, 506 and 149 of the IPC and further investigation is underway. A DSP-ranked officer has been assigned the task to probe the matter.”

  • Humiliated by assault by cop, auto driver commits suicide in Odisha

    By Express News Service

    ROURKELA: In a stunning incident, an auto-rickshaw driver dedicated suicide after he was assaulted by a cop in Rourkela metropolis in Odisha.

    Auto driver Bikash Mukhi (35) ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling of his home at Bibekanandpali close to the Railway Colony below Plant Site police late on Friday evening.

    Bikash’s spouse and two youngsters had moved to her dad or mum’s home on the identical locality after a household dispute.

    As per his video assertion recorded by himself previous to his suicide on Friday, he had gone to her in-laws’ home to convey again his spouse and kids.

    Bikash is heard within the video saying that his in-laws raised a hue and cry and unnecessarily created a scene and lodged a grievance on the police outpost of Plant Site police station.

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    A driver of the police outpost thrashed him up as a substitute of listening to his share of story and what might need led to the misunderstanding between the couple. Later,  he was allowed to go after the police realized the reality.

    In the video, Bikash mentioned he instructed the police driver that he was crushed up with none fault and felt humiliated.

    Showing the ceiling fan, he made his intention clear to finish his life by hanging. He was discovered lifeless on Saturday morning, a grievance lodged by brother Rakesh acknowledged.

    “His wife used to quarrel without any reason. The police assaulted him instead of listening to his grievance. My son was tortured by the police,” mom Lata mentioned citing the video message and demanded stringent motion towards the accused.

    The incident put police in a dock. DSP Aseem Panda mentioned a workforce of police accompanied by a forensic workforce recovered the physique and despatched it for post-mortem.

    Asked concerning the police assault, the DSP mentioned an inquiry is underway and acceptable motion could be taken after completion of the investigation.

    In February this 12 months, a Sub-Inspector of Uditnagar police station right here was suspended by the Rourkela SP Mukesh Okay Bhamoo for his involvement in custodial torture of a Class-IX scholar in a cellular theft case. The motion was taken following the intervention of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC).

  • Maoist cadre from Chhattisgarh surrenders earlier than Odisha Police

    By Express News Service
    BHUBANESWAR: In one more blow to CPI (Maoist), a senior Maoist cadre of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh surrendered earlier than Odisha Police on Sunday.

    Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division’s space committee member Aitu Korsa alias Surjan of Mankeli village surrendered earlier than DIG Northern Range Deepak Kumar at Balangir.

    Police sources mentioned the Maoist cadre was reportedly nabbed by Balangir police when he was going to Khaprakhol space within the district.

    At the age of 14, Korsa had joined the banned organisation as a celebration member in 2012 and a yr later he was transferred to Sunabeda division. He stayed in Sunabeda for 2 months and was shifted to Bargarh-Balangir-Mahasamund (BBM) division in 2013 when he began carrying a 12 bore gun.

    In 2016, Korsa was transferred to KKBN division and he labored underneath the management of Dasru Punem, who was a member of the navy platoon quantity – 2 of Maoists. Punem was gunned down in an encounter with safety forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district in June final yr.

    Korsa was promoted to the rank of space committee member (ACM) of the Kodanga Mahanadi Sanjukta committee in 2018.

    Police mentioned, between December 2017 and July this yr, the left-wing extremist was concerned in varied firing instances and improvised explosive gadget (IED) blasts underneath Phiringia and Gochhapada police limits.

    Korsa had additionally killed a civilian Kailash in 2019 suspecting him to be a police informer.

    He has revealed earlier than the police that some native/lively pink rebels are additionally prepared to give up and be part of the mainstream due to the torturous behaviour of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh cadres. However, they don’t seem to be allowed to take action by the senior Maoist leaders, who’ve been threatening of killing them andtheir members of the family.

    DGP Abhay appealed to the ultras to put down their arms and avail financial help as per the give up and rehabilitation scheme of the Odisha authorities.

    The surrendered ultras will probably be correctly rehabilitated and they’re going to additionally get monetary help for constructing homes, pursuing research and getting coaching in a commerce/vocation of their alternative, he mentioned.

    While 21 rebels had surrendered earlier than Odisha Police in 2020, at the least 10 have laid down their arms thus far this yr.

  • Thunderbolts commandos of Kerala Police endure anti-extremist coaching in Odisha

    By Express News Service
    BHUBANESWAR: Personnel of the Kerala Police’s elite Commando Wing — Thunderbolts — have commenced anti-extremist coaching on the Odisha Police Special Operation Group (SOG) centre in Chandaka on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. The coaching will go on for eight months.

    “Thunderbolts commandos are being trained at SOG in Chandaka and they are the second batch from Kerala. We have already trained commandos from Maharashtra and West Bengal,” mentioned DGP Abhay.

    SOG is a specialised unit of Odisha Police and has experience in neutralizing extremists.

    About 33 commandos of Thunderbolts led by a sub-inspector rank officer had been stored in isolation and their RT-PCR assessments had been performed earlier than their coaching commenced right here on Monday.

    Palakkad, Malappuram, Kannur, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts of Kerala are affected by the left wing extremism (LWE) menace.

    “The commandos will undergo physical training, obstacle course, shooting and jungle exercises at SOG centre. They will be informed about the Maoists’ military structure and their method of operation,” mentioned a senior officer of Odisha Police.

    The commandos of Thunderbolts may also be briefed about utilizing international positioning system (GPS) throughout an operation.

    Besides this, they are going to be skilled concerning the mendacity up place which is the tactical place the place an working unit of the safety forces stops for a short interval and the placement is chosen in a means that the personnel are prepared for an ambush or a raid after alerts from sentries posted on larger grounds.

    Sources mentioned the Odisha Police may additionally prepare an interplay between Thunderbolts commandos and the surrendered ultras to assist them perceive their methodology.

    Last 12 months, 50 commandos of Thunderbolts had undergone 13 weeks coaching however the second batch’s period was shortened in view of the pandemic.

    Thunderbolts commandos had been requested to undertake sure workout routines in Kerala itself earlier than arriving in Chandaka, mentioned a senior police officer.

    A brand new battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF) arriving in Odisha additionally undertakes an induction beneath the SOG earlier than commencing duties within the state.