10 Bangla infiltrators nabbed at Bhubaneswar railway station
Acting on a tipoff, they were nabbed near the Bhubaneswar railway station, informed the STF official.
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A man was arrested on charge of posing as an IAS officer and marrying a woman in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, police said on Tuesday.
Rajat Panda of Tihidi area in Bhadrak district created a Facebook account and projected himself as Indian Administrative Service officer Lingaraj Panda, posted as a Sub-Collector in Malkangiri district.
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He befriended an ASHA worker of Damodarpur area on the social media site and got her parents’ approval for their marriage and tied the knot at a temple in Udala area on May 20.
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After marriage, he was staying at his in-laws’ place in Damodarpur. Complaints were filed against Panda with the police that he had cheated people of money by promising them jobs.
“Based on the complaints, we initiated an investigation and arrested Panda on Monday,” said Kunta Inspector Rina Behera.
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Acting on a tipoff, they were nabbed near the Bhubaneswar railway station, informed the STF official.
The Delhi Police, on Friday, arrested a man for the alleged molestation of a teenager in the Karawal Nagar area of North East Delhi.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Odisha police arrested two cybercriminals from Madhya Pradesh on the charge of duping a scientist and a businessman from Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to the tune of Rs 3.64 crore in two separate digital arrest and investment fraud cases.
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