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ASI arrested for blackmailing woman with intimate photos

Berhampur: A police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) has been arrested on charges of blackmailing a woman by threatening to circulate her intimate photographs on social media. The accused, identified as Surendra Pradhan, 39, was posted in the excise intelligence wing in Berhampur. He is a native...

Man gets life imprisonment for raping 8-yr-old girl in Odisha

Man sentenced to life for sodomising, killing 4-yr-old boy

Berhampur: A special court in Ganjam district Friday sentenced a 26-year-old man to life imprisonment for sodomising and murdering a 4-year-old boy at Dharakote in 2023. Special POCSO Judge Pranati Pattnaik convicted Srikanta alias Sukanta Sethi, a resident of the Dharakote police station area, and...

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Man gets death for wife’s murder

Balasore: In a significant judgement, a special court in Odisha Friday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in a brutal acid attack that also left three other family members seriously injured. The verdict was pronounced by special judge under the SC/ ST...

Odisha: Man gets death for killing wife in acid attack

Bhubaneswar: A court in Odisha’s Balasore district Friday sentenced a man to death for killing his second wife in an acid attack. The convict, Chandan Kumar Rana of Santaragadia village under Nilgiri police limits in Balasore district, had allegedly concealed his first marriage before marrying...

Infant stuck in Odisha bore well; rescue operations on

Toddler dies after falling into open borewell in Puri

Puri: A one-and-a-half-year-old girl reportedly died after falling into an uncovered borewell at the District Headquarters Hospital in Puri Friday. The child, Samayira Nayak, daughter of Ajay Nayak of Mangala Sahi in the Narendra Kona area, had gone to visit her uncle near the hospital....

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Two held for ‘exploiting’ migrant workers from Odisha

Berhampur: Odisha Police has arrested two persons, including a man from Tamil Nadu, for allegedly exploiting three migrant workers from Ganjam district after trafficking them, police said Friday. The accused were identified as Khirod Tandi (28) of Palnagar in Bolangir district, currently residing at Mangalam...

 

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