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.
A joint inter-state operation was launched by police of the two states and CRPF personnel in the border areas of Nuapada district of Odisha and Gariabandh district of Chhattisgarh.
The Odisha police have busted an ammunition dump suspected to have been used by Maoists for illegal manufacturing and repair of weapons along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border in the Malkangiri district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.
A blood-stained trouser bearing a tailor's tag, a money receipt, and an e-wallet transaction record led the Odisha police to solve a chilling murder case in Cuttack district.
The Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to expeditiously grant Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia and family pension to a widow whose husband, a police constable died of Covid-19 during duty when the pandemic was at its peak.
The anti-corruption vigilance wing of the Odisha Police has logged an impressive 50 per cent conviction rate in corruption cases in 2023 while the rate of conviction in Disproportionate Asset (DA) cases stood at 66 per cent, said officials on Sunday.
The explosives and arms seized from the ammo dump were meant to target civilians and police forces, said a senior police official on Monday.
The EOW acted on the allegation of one Parthasarathi Pattnaik against a digital marketing channel registered as www.r46.in that was cheating the general public in the name of giving extra income through digital marketing.
The EOW took up the investigation of the scam after Dibyajyoti Kar of Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar lodged a complaint alleging that he was deceived by the Ponzi unit.
"Today (Friday) we have arrested the main accused, identified as Chandan Rana and the person who sold the acid," Sagarika Nath, SP Balasore told ANI.
