Crime

A special CBI court here on Thursday sentenced chit fund firm Artha Tatwa (AT) Group Chief Pradip Sethi to seven years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to duping depositors of their money.

In a shocking incident, body of Janaki Ballav Padhi, owner of Padhee’s Tutorial Pvt. Ltd, was found hanging at his residence here on Thursday.

The CBI on Tuesday arrested a BSNL employee while accepting Rs one lakh for passing pending bills of a private contractor.

At least five persons were killed and five others sustained injuries in a road accident at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday.

The Commissionerate Police arrested Air Odisha Aviation (AOA) chairman-cum-managing director Santosh Pani for violating the conditions laid down in the bail granted by a court to him last year.

The Commissionerate of Police on Sunday arrested an MBA student and three others for looting an Uber car at Khandagiri area on March 22.

Trains passing through Daikallu Railway Station in Rayagada district have come to a halt due to an explosion by Maoists on Thursday night in the station.

A girl was allegedly molested in a bus while she was returning from her village to the capital city of Odisha.

Even though around 1.03 lakh cognizable cases were registered in 2016, the Odisha government on Tuesday claimed that the law and order situation largely remained peaceful across the state.

Sujit Sahu, who alleged uploaded photographs of around 100 students of Ramadevi Women’s University with derogatory comments, has been arrested by the Commissionerate Police.