Report Wire

Tag: Odisha police

  • Odisha cops to grill DFO, OIC for headway into ACF dying

    By Express News Service
    BERHAMPUR: Yet to make any headway into the mysterious dying Paralakhemundi Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra, Gajapati police now plans to quiz DFO Sangram Keshari Behera for clues.

    Gajapati SP Tapan Patnaik, who’s supervising the case, on Wednesday knowledgeable that police are planning to interrogate Sangram at an acceptable time.

    “Since the DFO’s name has been mentioned in the FIR, he will be questioned in due time. A cyber expert has been roped in by the Crime Branch team to examine call details of the DFO, the deceased ACF and his wife Bidya Bharati Panda,” the SP stated.

    Besides, OIC of Gurandi police station Mamata Panda, who occurs to be the sister-in-law of Bidya, may also be questioned as to why the ambulance carrying Soumya was stopped halfway and the rationale for her presence on the spot with out directions from the police division.

    The OIC was seen in uniform moreover Bidya on the district headquarters hospital in Parlakhemundi however refused to remark.

    Patnaik stated investigation into the incident is underway from all angles. While the dying declaration of the ACF has been video-recorded, his postmortem report is awaited. On the day, police launched the copy of a handwritten letter of Bidya which was seized from the quarters of the ACF.

    The letter learn, “I hate you the most in the world. I hate this man. Even hate combine my name with his. I spoiled my life for all my stupid decisions.”

    Bidya has reportedly informed police that she wrote the letter after understanding about her husband’s extra-marital affair to precise her sorrow. The word has no relevance together with his dying, she claimed. Earlier, Bidya had accused her husband of infidelity.

    Meanwhile, the police group which had left for Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts to quiz relations of Soumya and Bidya, returned to Paralakhemundi.

    Soumya was rescued from his authorities quarters in Paralakhemundi with 90 per cent burns on June 11 evening. He succumbed to accidents at a personal hospital in Cuttack the subsequent day.

  • Woman amongst two arrested with 550 gram brown sugar, Rs 34.8 lakh in Bhubaneswar

    By Express News Service
    BHUBANESWAR: The metropolis police on Wednesday arrested two individuals together with a lady on the fees of promoting brown sugar.

    Police seized 550 grams of brown sugar price over Rs 50 lakh together with money of Rs 34.8 lakh, a automotive, and two bikes from their possession.

    Acting on a tip-off, Saheed Nagar police carried out a raid at a home in Kesura and nabbed the duo on expenses of drug peddling.

    “The man held was reportedly procuring the brown sugar from Jaleswar in Balasore district. The woman’s husband is also involved in the racket and he is absconding. Efforts are on to nab him,” Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner Saumyendra Kumar Priyadarsi informed reporters.

    The police suspected the cash seized from the spot should be the crime proceeds obtained from promoting the contraband. The monetary investigation of the case registered below the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act will probably be given prime precedence, he added.

    In the final 4 months, police have launched an anti-narcotics drive in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

    Over 2.2 kg brown sugar from Bhubaneswar and three.1 kg brown sugar from Cuttack have been seized through the interval, stated Priyadarsi.

    The Police Commissioner additionally knowledgeable that Special Squad together with Bharatpur police station officers apprehended three individuals, seized 90 kg ganja and one four-wheeler from them on Tuesday.

    Sources stated the drug peddlers are procuring brown sugar from West Bengal by both utilizing personal transport or boarding buses. Some peddlers are additionally carrying the contraband via railway route as much as Jaleswar after which Balasore.

    In just a few cases, law enforcement officials had came upon that ladies and youngsters had been engaged by the drug peddlers to move brown sugar.

    “Ganja transportation is difficult but small quantities of brown sugar can be transported very easily. Once the pandemic subsides, efforts will be made to get to the roots of the narcotics trade which is being carried out from West Bengal,” stated a senior police officer.

  • Odisha police difficulty advisory on protected use of social media

    By Express News Service
    BHUBANESWAR :  In order to curb unfold of inflammatory content material on numerous social media platforms, Odisha Police on Wednesday issued an advisory to residents on protected use of the networking websites. They have been suggested to make use of social media in a constructive approach within the bigger curiosity of the society.

    On the event of World Social Media Day, the Crime Branch (CB) officers urged the residents to not impulsively imagine in what’s being shared on on-line platforms and stay cautious whereas sharing or importing any publish as it would comprise malicious data.

    “When a user opens a new social media account, he/she should closely take a look at the website’s privacy policy along with terms and conditions of the third-party applications,” learn the advisory.The police have additionally requested the residents to not share their private data on social media platforms and punctiliously test the main points of an individual’s profile earlier than befriending him/her.

    “Social media users are also advised to not open various accounts on a single platform by using different names and not to post obscene content,” stated a police officer. The police additionally cautioned the residents to stay alert whereas shopping within the free WiFi zones.

  • Fake Army officer held in Bhubaneswar, SUV with fabricated quantity seized

    By Express News Service
    BHUBANESWAR: An individual who allegedly faked to be an Army officer to make sure unhindered motion throughout lockdown/shutdown interval was arrested by the town police on Saturday.

    Police mentioned the fraudster Ratikant Satpathy of Daruthenga had pasted ‘Army’ stickers each on the entrance and rear windscreens of the SUV he was driving with a fabricated registration quantity.

    “Satpathy is an employee of a private company and not an Army officer. He is not even the owner of the SUV that belongs to a man, who is absconding after a cheating case was registered,” mentioned a police official.

    Satpathy was nabbed after one Dhananjay Hota of Nayapalli noticed him driving the car within the metropolis bearing the registration variety of his four-wheeler.

    Hota owns a white Mahindra XUV500 having registration quantity — OD 02 Y 0023 which Satpathy fraudulently used for the SUV.

    ALSO READ | Rendered jobless by lockdown, siblings ‘desert’ 85-year-old mom in Odisha

    After noticing Satpathy driving a black SUV of the identical make and registration quantity, Hota flashed his automobile’s headlights and honked indicating Satpathy to cease.

    When he stopped close to Jaydev Vihar visitors sign, Hota clicked some pictures of the car.

    He then managed to intercept the accused close to Pal Heights and confronted him for utilizing the pretend registration quantity.

    “Satpathy said he is a Captain in the Army and wanted to amicably sort out the matter. I informed the police officials and they whisked him away to Nayapalli police station. Earlier, I had received three challans of Rs 1,000, Rs 2,000, and Rs 2,500 for various traffic violations, which seem to be committed by the fraudster as he was using my vehicle registration number,” mentioned Hota.

    Preliminary investigation revealed that the precise proprietor of the SUV which was seized from Satpathy has reportedly not cleared the car mortgage.

    “He was driving the same vehicle with fake registration number and Army stickers to hoodwink the cops during the lockdown and also to avoid the attention of the finance company’s officials,” mentioned an officer of Nayapalli police station.

    Satpathy has been arrested and a cap with Army printed on it has been seized from his possession. Further investigation is on.

  • Maoist gunned down in Odisha encounter, AK-47 rifle and ammunition seized

    By Express News Service
    BARGARH/BHUBANESWAR: A Maoist cadre was killed in an alternate of fireside with safety forces inside a forest close to Bhanjaguda village underneath Padampur block in Bargarh district within the wee hours of Friday.

    Sources stated a bunch of ultras opened fireplace when the combing operation was being carried out collectively by a group of SOG jawans and District Voluntary Force (DVF) within the forest. As the left-wing extremists began firing indiscriminately, the safety forces retaliated killing the Maoist cadre on the spot. Others within the camp managed to flee.

    Odisha DGP Abhay confirmed that the Maoist was killed within the crossfire. Security forces have recovered an AK-47 rifle, three magazines, and different arms and ammunition from the spot.

    “Since only senior cadres in Maoist organisation carry AK 47 rifle, we suspect the deceased could be a senior cadre. Efforts are on to ascertain his identity,” he stated.

    Stating the Odisha authorities has launched a really beneficiant rehabilitation coverage, the DGP appealed to Maoists to give up and return to the mainstream. The search operation was on on the spot.

  • BJP chief Rohit Kumar Pradhan overwhelmed to dying in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

    By Express News Service
    BARIPADA: A youth BJP chief of Balasore was allegedly overwhelmed to dying by three individuals over a trivial situation of car overtaking in Kaptipada police limits on Saturday night time. Rohit Kumar Pradhan, a local of Mansingh Bazaar beneath Town Police limits of Balasore, was district observer of the BJP Youth wing.

    According to eyewitnesses, Pradhan had an altercation with three motorcycle-borne individuals whereas on his solution to his father-in-law’s home at Nuasahi at round 10 pm.  Driving in direction of Nuasahi via Nilagiri in his four-wheeler, Pradhan overtook the three individuals whereas crossing a street close to Kaptipada city allegedly with out utilizing the automotive blinkers. The accused then adopted Pradhan and intercepted him 1.5 km away from his in-law’s home.

    Hurling abuses at him for not utilizing the indicator whereas crossing the street, they dragged Pradhan out of his automotive and brutally assaulted him. Although some locals have been current on the spot, they might not muster braveness to intervene. Leaving Pradhan bleeding, the three accused fled the spot.

    On being knowledgeable, Pradhan’s father-in-law Prafulla Patra and different relations reached the spot and rushed him to Kaptipada well being centre from the place he was shifted to Udala Sub-Divisional Hospital as his situation deteriorated. A couple of minutes after arriving on the hospital, Pradhan succumbed.

    The three accused – Lambodhar Behera and Bhagirathi Rout of Ambapichhula and Rabindra Arukh of Valiadiha, each villages beneath the Kaptipada police station in Mayurbhanj district – have been arrested on Sunday. Patra registered a police criticism at Kaptipada police station. IIC Sanjay Kumar mentioned preliminary investigation revealed that the trio had assaulted Pradhan as he didn’t use the automotive indicator whereas crossing the street from one facet to a different.

    A case beneath Section 302 and 34 of IPC was registered towards the accused who have been produced in Udala SDJM Court. BJP district president of Balasore Umakanta Mohapatra mentioned, Pradhan was an lively youth chief from the district and demanded a correct investigation into the case to seek out out the precise cause behind the killing.

  • Cyclone Yaas: Odisha Police fights public reluctance for evacuating folks to security

    By Express News Service
    BHUBANESWAR: Be it implementation of Covid-19 tips or evacuation of individuals to cyclone shelters, Odisha Police has successfully carried out catastrophe administration duties within the latest years.

    The State Government evacuated about 6.5 lakh folks to security forward of very extreme cyclonic storm Yaas that made landfall round 20 km south of Balasore.

    However, the evacuation course of was very difficult for the police and the administration of the districts affected by the tropical storm.

    Balasore, which was one of the affected districts, had a goal of evacuating about 1.2 lakh folks from the low-lying areas and it ended up bringing 1.8 lakh folks to over 141 shelter properties.

    The district police began the method of evacuating the folks from Tuesday morning, a day forward of Yaas hit the north Odisha coast.

    Police seen that because the climate had nonetheless not change into adversarial, many individuals weren’t keen to be shifted to cyclone and different shelters.

    Balasore Police created consciousness amongst these those who they need to observe the State Government’s tips for the approaching cyclone for their very own and family members security.

    In many situations, folks have been reluctant to maneuver to cyclone shelters as there was no availability of cooked meals and so they needed to have the meals at their very own homes.

    While some shelter properties offered cooked meals and few provided dry meals like biscuits and flattened rice, lots of them allegedly didn’t present any meals to the evacuated individuals resulting in public discontentment.

    ALSO READ | PM Modi conducts aerial survey of cyclone-hit Odisha, publicizes Rs 500 crore support

    Subsequently, senior officers of Balasore Police and the district administration contacted the Block Development Officers (BDOs), Tehsildars and directed them to contact the native PRI members to make sure cooked meals was offered to all on the shelter properties.

    The police additionally seen that many locals weren’t keen to shift to shelters forsaking their livestock for which the cops shifted their cattle to security too.

    “There were some people who had meals on May 25 night at the shelter homes and returned to their houses to sleep. However, patrolling was continuously carried out and such persons were brought back to safety,” Balasore SP Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra stated.

    The cops in vans made bulletins utilizing megaphones on late May 25 night time and so they requested the locals who continued to remain of their thatched or asbestos homes in low mendacity areas to shift to security within the police automobiles.

    “The storm surge triggered by cyclone Yaas and due to the full moon also forced over 250 locals to shift to the Marine police station at Balaramgadi on May 26 morning and they all were provided cooked food by the police,” stated the SP.

    After the cyclone hit the coast, the police and different companies began eradicating the uprooted bushes and de-watering the flooded areas to revive the highway community.

    In neigbouring Mayurbhanj, Bisoi and Badampahad police stations distributed meals to the needy within the aftermath of the cyclone.

  • Cyclone Yaas: Evacuation to recover from by night, Odisha Police gear up with high-end gear for rescue ops

    By ANI
    BHUBANESWAR: In view of the very extreme cyclonic storm Yaas prone to make landfall on the coastal areas of Odisha, evacuation drive is on a battle footing and is predicted to be accomplished by night whereas rescue groups have been deployed with high-end gear to hold out efficient and immediate rescue operations, knowledgeable Y Okay Jethwa, ADGP (Law and Order).

    Briefing the mediapersons, the ADGP stated, “To tackle the impending Cyclone Yaas, Odisha Police has been involved in the pre-cyclone measures and post-cyclone rescue operation. The police teams in the vulnerable and coastal districts under the supervision of respective SPs have intensified the evacuation drive. As many as 81,661 people living in vulnerable areas have already been evacuated and sent to cyclone shelters. The evacuation drive will be expedited in the coming hours and by the evening we will finish the evacuation drive.”

    On the post-cyclone restoration plan, he stated, “For post-cyclone rescue and recovery, the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) have already been deployed in all vulnerable locations. 55 platoons of Odisha Arm Police are also with them to assist in rescue and recovery work. NDRF and Odisha Fire Service teams are also there. Under the supervision of district administration and SPs, the operations are underway in a coordinated manner.”

    ALSO READ: With 112 groups, NDRF earmarks highest-ever variety of personnel forward of impending storm

    Y Okay Jethwa emphasised that the rescue groups are laced with high-end gear and equipment for immediate and efficient rescue and restoration operations.

    “ODRAF teams have been provided with high-end equipment like hydraulic tree cutters, concrete cutters, plasma cutters, gas cutters to effectively and speedily carry out road clearance operations. They have JCBs, cranes and inflatable boats for effective movement. For uninterrupted communication, the teams have been provided with satellite phones and wireless sets. For energy supply, they have high-end 10 KVA generators, tower mast lights and searchlights so that they can effectively and promptly carry out the rescue operation,” added Jethwa.

    Considering that the extreme cyclonic storm ‘Yaas’ is prone to make landfall in coastal areas of Odisha on Wednesaday, the state on Tuesday issued a pink alert warning for Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Balasore districts, that are prone to be affected by heavy rainfall.

    Umashankar Das, Deputy Director of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar stated, “A red alert, that is extremely heavy rainfall warning has been issued for Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, and Balasore for today. The rainfall will exceed more than 20 cm.”

    The official stated that an orange alert, that’s heavy to very heavy rainfall is predicted in Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Cuttack, Khorda, and Puri right now. “The rainfall in the district is expected to measure between 12-20 cm,” Das stated.

    The IMD regional Deputy Director additional stated, “We are expecting wind speeds of 150-160 kmph. gusting 180kmph over Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore tomorrow as landfall is expected by noon. We have issued the highest danger warning for Dhamra and Paradip ports.”

    ALSO READ: Paradip port suspends operation forward of cyclone’s landfall; DRDO’s missile testing services put security measures in place

    Meanwhile, individuals have been evacuated by Balasore district administration and Marine Police Force within the Chandipur space, forward of the cyclonic storm Yaas.

    “We are focusing on the evacuation of people from low-lying areas. 1,200 centers to be used as shelters have been sanitized due to the Covid-19 situation. We have health teams deployed at these centers. Power restoration and road clearance teams deployed,” Balasore District Collector Okay Sudarshan Chakravarthy stated.

    Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the state’s dwelling minister to succeed in Balasore right now and stay there to observe the scenario.

    It has been predicted that the cyclonic storm Yaas goes to depth right into a ‘very extreme cyclonic storm’ within the subsequent 12 hours.

    Cyclone Yaas could be very prone to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Island round Balasore, throughout midday of May 26 as a ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’.  

  • Washed ashore 5 years in the past, ‘Mahanadi girl’ provides motive for Odisha village to rejoice

    Kusmel, A distant village on the banks of the Mahanadi river in Jharsuguda district, bordering Chattisgarh, is in celebratory mode. The whole village is coming collectively to solemnise the marriage of their daughter, Soni Yadav, additionally fondly known as the ‘Mahanadi girl’. But what’s unusually endearing concerning the marriage ceremony is the woman’s affiliation with the village.
    Five years in the past, on a September morning in 2016, Sanyasi Kalo, now 52, discovered Soni coated in mud, mendacity on the banks of the Mahanadi. As Kalo rushed in the direction of her, he discovered her gasping for breath and took her residence. The villagers then took her to the closest public well being centre nearly 10 km away.
    When Soni regained consciousness the subsequent day, she realised she was 80 km away from her residence in Chhattisgarh. Then 18 years previous, and dealing as a home assist in Sarangarh city of Chhattisgarh, Soni recollected that she had slipped and fallen into the river on a go to to Chandrapur temple. She was discovered 12 hours later.
    “I don’t remember what happened after I slipped into the water. I remember waking up in Odisha surrounded by people who saved my life. I knew this was the new life I had been longing for all these years,” Soni instructed this newspaper over the telephone.

    Soni was hardly 5 when her mother and father died. She moved from one relative’s home to a different and ultimately began working as a home assist to offer for herself. “I did not want to return to the life I had been leading. Here, they (Kalo and Helia) were extremely considerate and caring when I was in the hospital. The love and care that I received here, I knew I did not want to give up on it,” Soni mentioned. An solely little one again in her village, she is now an elder sister to 3 younger brothers.
    In Kusmel, Kalo and his spouse Ahalya had additionally discovered what they’d been eager for — a daughter. “Soni did not want to return to her house and instead wanted to stay with us. We have three sons and no daughter of our own. We always wanted a daughter….We felt complete after welcoming her into our family. She came as a blessing, having survived 12 hours of water current. She was God sent,” Kalo mentioned.
    “We first took her to her native place and visited the police station. She was not a minor and decided to stay with us and neither of the families had any issues. The police allowed us to foster her. Her paternal uncles and some members of the family continue to visit her,” Kalo mentioned.

    In the final 5 years, Soni has walked the trail of turning into impartial and assured. Though she by no means went to high school in her early days, in Kusmel, she mastered the artwork of stitching. Today she stitches kurtas, blouses, masks, handkerchiefs for patrons from close by villages as nicely.
    She additionally learnt Oriya for primary dialog together with her household and villagers. “I did not like working as a domestic help. Here, I learned a new craft, a new language. I will continue to stitch and earn money. I also wish to open a small shop after marriage,” Soni mentioned.

    As Kalo and his household struggles on account of monetary constraints, the village has pooled in to organise the marriage, with the assistance of Jharsuguda MLA Kishore Mohanty who will carry out the kanyadaan. The village has a inhabitants of round 1,500 folks, principally counting on fishing and contractual labour work to earn their livelihood. The marriage ceremony is scheduled for April 21 and is being deliberate adhering to strict Covid norms.
    Soni’s marriage has been organized by the household with Purushottam Yadav, 25, a local of Dharmajaygarh in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. A contractual labourer in Raipur, his household farms in an acre of land within the village.

  • Odisha gangster Hyder, who had fled from custody, held in Telangana

    Six days after escaping from police custody whereas present process remedy at a hospital in Cuttack, dreaded gangster SK Hyder was nabbed from Telangana in a joint operation by the Odisha and Telangana police.
    He was produced earlier than a Magistrate in Hyderabad on Friday and delivered to Odisha on a transit remand.
    Hyder, who was serving a life sentence, had fled whereas present process remedy in police custody from SCB Medical College in Cuttack on April 10.
    The Telangana police was supplied with all the main points associated to Hyder together with his pictures, police sources mentioned. He was intercepted by the police in Sangareddy district whereas he was shifting in a motorcycle within the night. His aide Shamsuddin, additionally a local of Odisha and residing in Hyderabad and offered him shelter in Hyderabad, was additionally arrested.
    Preliminary investigations recommend that Hyder had fled to Hyderabad in a automobile. “We have learnt that Hyder escaped to Hyderabad in a car. He was constantly on the move and changing his locations. Based on intel inputs our team had left for Telangana two days ago,” Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner, SK Priyadarshi mentioned.
    The police had obtained very important clues concerning Hyder’s escape plan from his aide Yakub Khan who had surrendered earlier than the police.
    Hyder has been convicted in no less than two instances of homicide and was serving life imprisionment. He was lodged in Circle Jail, Sambalpur and had been in custody for the final 16 years.