Bhubaneswar: A shocking incident has emerged from Odisha’s Sundargarh district, where a youth killed a young woman, dismembered her body, and disposed of the parts in different locations, including forests and a river. According to Jharsuguda Superintendent of Police Smit Parmar, the accused committed the crime fearing the victim’s testimony in court, which he believed would lead to his conviction …
A man accused of raping a minor girl allegedly killed her, dismembered her body, and scattered the remains across multiple locations in Odisha’s Sundergarh district, police said. “This crime began as a missing person report,” said Himanshu Lal, Inspector General of Police, Western Range. CCTV footage revealed the accused and the girl together.” Kisan later confessed to the murder but …
JHARSUGUDA: Union Minister and BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday hit out at the Odisha government over “lack of basic development” in Jharsuguda. Addressing a public gathering during ‘Mishrana Parba’ at Laikera, Pradhan said the state government is responsible for the plight of people in Jharsuguda. But even after staying in power for 24 years, the …
A day after a country boat carrying 50 people capsized in the upper streams of Mahanadi river in Jharsuguda district, the death toll rose to eight on Saturday as divers and rescue personnel fished out six more bodies. The boat, which was returning from a temple on Patharseni island in Bargarh district to Saradha ghat in Jharsuguda district, capsized just …
A woman was killed and seven others, including three children, went missing after a boat capsized in the Mahanadi river in Odisha's Jharsuguda on Friday. The incident took place when around 50 passengers hailing from the Kharsia area in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, were returning in the boat after visiting a temple in Patharseni Kuda in Odisha's Bargarh district. Boat capsizes in …
The Odisha government on Saturday announced a plan for giving land rights to 1,749 families in Jharsuguda district, who had lost their land amid the construction of the Hirakud dam over the Mahanadi River in the 1950s. A high-level committee comprising of Mr. Pandian, Development Commissioner Anu Garg, and Revenue and Disaster Management Secretary Satyabrata Sahu decided to start settling …
