Odisha Murder Accused

A man and his son have been arrested for killing his 90-year-old mother and 62-year-old sister in their house in Odisha's Sambalpur district, police said on Thursday.

The man suspected of being involved in the horrific refrigerator murder in Bengaluru has been found dead in Odisha. He has apparently died by suicide, said sources in the Odisha police.

Odisha police has arrested a person in connection with the triple murder case that rocked Sankarpala village under Junagarh police station in Kalahandi district recently.

A 42-year-old man, who is accused in over 30 criminal cases, was allegedly beaten to death in Odisha's Ganjam district by a group of people, police said on Friday.

Senior BJP leader Prakash Mishra claimed attempts were being made to prove that suspended ASI Gopal Das, the alleged murderer of Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das, was mentally unstable so that punishment for him was relaxed.

The crime branch of the Odisha Police, which is probing the murder of state minister Naba Kishore Das, said on Monday that a prayer for a detailed mental examination of accused Gopal Das has been rejected by a court here.

The court of JMFC, Jharsuguda on Saturday extended the police custody of Gopal Krishna Das, Ex-ASI of Police, accused in the murder of Odisha's Health Minister, Naba Kishore Das case, by four days.

The opposition BJP and Congress Thursday intensified their demand for a neutral inquiry into the death of Govind Sahu, the prime accused in the Kalahandi woman teacher's kidnap and murder case.

Govind Sahu, the prime accused in the kidnapping and murder of a woman teacher in Kalahandi district of Odisha, was on Tuesday found hanging from a tree on the premises of a jail in Bolangir district, police said.

A murder accused from Odisha on the run for the past three months was arrested from a factory in Sativali area of Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district, a police official said on Friday.

After leading a life on the run for over two decades, a 42-year-old man, wanted in several criminal cases including two murders, was finally caught in his own village in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Thursday.

Political parties - Left, right and centre - are mounting pressure on him to dismiss Minister of State for Home DS Mishra for his alleged patronage to the prime accused in the case.

A murder accused who has been evading arrest for the past 20 years, was arrested in Ganjam district during the special drive launched by Odisha Police to execute all pending non-bailable warrant (NBW), an officer said.

Odisha Agriculture and Panchayati Raj Minister Pradeep Maharathy on Sunday resigned from the Naveen Patnaik cabinet over his controversial remarks on the acquittal of two accused in the case of gangrape and murder of a Dalit girl.

Thirteen days after the sensational murder of a journalist in Odisha's Ganjam district, two of the four accused were arrested today, police said.

A man and his son have been arrested for killing his 90-year-old mother and 62-year-old sister in their house in Odisha's Sambalpur district, police said on Thursday.

The man suspected of being involved in the horrific refrigerator murder in Bengaluru has been found dead in Odisha. He has apparently died by suicide, said sources in the Odisha police.

Odisha police has arrested a person in connection with the triple murder case that rocked Sankarpala village under Junagarh police station in Kalahandi district recently.

A 42-year-old man, who is accused in over 30 criminal cases, was allegedly beaten to death in Odisha's Ganjam district by a group of people, police said on Friday.

Senior BJP leader Prakash Mishra claimed attempts were being made to prove that suspended ASI Gopal Das, the alleged murderer of Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das, was mentally unstable so that punishment for him was relaxed.

The crime branch of the Odisha Police, which is probing the murder of state minister Naba Kishore Das, said on Monday that a prayer for a detailed mental examination of accused Gopal Das has been rejected by a court here.

The court of JMFC, Jharsuguda on Saturday extended the police custody of Gopal Krishna Das, Ex-ASI of Police, accused in the murder of Odisha's Health Minister, Naba Kishore Das case, by four days.

The opposition BJP and Congress Thursday intensified their demand for a neutral inquiry into the death of Govind Sahu, the prime accused in the Kalahandi woman teacher's kidnap and murder case.

Govind Sahu, the prime accused in the kidnapping and murder of a woman teacher in Kalahandi district of Odisha, was on Tuesday found hanging from a tree on the premises of a jail in Bolangir district, police said.

A murder accused from Odisha on the run for the past three months was arrested from a factory in Sativali area of Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district, a police official said on Friday.

After leading a life on the run for over two decades, a 42-year-old man, wanted in several criminal cases including two murders, was finally caught in his own village in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Thursday.

Political parties - Left, right and centre - are mounting pressure on him to dismiss Minister of State for Home DS Mishra for his alleged patronage to the prime accused in the case.

A murder accused who has been evading arrest for the past 20 years, was arrested in Ganjam district during the special drive launched by Odisha Police to execute all pending non-bailable warrant (NBW), an officer said.

Odisha Agriculture and Panchayati Raj Minister Pradeep Maharathy on Sunday resigned from the Naveen Patnaik cabinet over his controversial remarks on the acquittal of two accused in the case of gangrape and murder of a Dalit girl.

Thirteen days after the sensational murder of a journalist in Odisha's Ganjam district, two of the four accused were arrested today, police said.