Amid outrage over the alleged rape of a 34-year-old woman from Odisha in Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan Area some four days back, the Odisha police on Monday said it is in touch with its Delhi counterparts seeking early arrest of the perpetrators of the dastardly crime.
The miscreants let loose violence to attack the police vehicle in a bid to snatch away the rescued victim.
Buckling to mounting pressure amid nationwide outrage, the Odisha Government has ordered a judicial probe into the alleged custodial abuse of a serving Army officer and his fiancée in a Bhubaneswar police station on 15 September.
The Orissa High Court on Wednesday granted bail to a female friend of an Army officer of Sikh Regiment amid allegations that the former was unlawfully arrested after the cops of Bharatpur police in Bhubaneswar assaulted the couple besides molesting and stripping the woman.
The Economic Offences Wing of Odisha police arrested six fraudsters, including a woman, on the charge of perpetrating Rs 16.71 crore fraud in a nationalised bank by impersonating as highly paid employees of PhonePe, an digital payments and financial services company.
If Tusharkanti Behera, the minister of state for Home’s reply to a query is any indication, Das, who was recruited in the Police force in 1992, had an excellent track record for investigation and good work in policing.
The dumped ammunition, including improvised explosive devices, was intended to target civilians and police forces, said a senior police official.
All angles are being looked into. However, they have not come across any foul play,” said Director General of Police Sunil Bansal.
The fraudsters targeted desperate job seekers in at least five states like Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.
The three persons managed the government subsidies, meant for farmers, by uploading fake documents and information on the portal. They, further, collected cheques in advance, from the beneficiaries before the subsidy amounts were credited in the bank accounts.
