Acting on a tipoff, they were nabbed near the Bhubaneswar railway station, informed the STF official.
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 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.
74 cattle being illegally transported to slaughterhouses in West Bengal were rescued during a raid at Juriaghati Chowk in Keonjhar district.
The Indian pangolin is a Schedule-I protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
The fraudsters opened about 2,000 mule accounts in different parts of the country, mainly in Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Assam.
More than 500 Maoist supporters surrendered before the Odisha police in Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district on Monday.
