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Hans India
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Three Maoists surrender
Phulbani: Three Maoists, including two women, hailing from Chhattisgarh, on Monday surrendered before security forces in Kandhamal district, police said. The surrendered Maoists were identified as Made Beti alias Champa, a divisional committee member of BGN (Basadhara-Ghumsur-Nagabali) division of the CPI (Maoist) outfit, Raju Dodi alias Ajay (area committee member) and Admo Madvi alias Manju (area committee member) of KKBN (Kalahandi-Kandhamal-Boudh-Nayagarh) division of the outlawed organisation. They surrendered here before senior Odisha Police and CRPF officers, including IGP, Southern Range, Niti Shekhar, Kandhamal SP and CRPF's 127 battalion commandant. 'They surrendered as they were disillusioned because of the intensified and sustained combing operations, and also due to the attractive surrender policy of the government,' Kandhamal SP Harish B C said. 'We have intensified combing operations in Maoist-affected areas to curb LWE activities in Kandhamal,' Harish added. The surrendered cadres were involved in several violent incidents in both Odisha and Chhattisgarh. 'We once again appeal to all the Maoists to shun violence and join the mainstream,' IGP Niti Shekhar told reporters.
The Print
24-06-2025
- The Print
Odisha: Minor among 9 held for assaulting 2 Dalit men
The incident, which occurred at Jahada in Kharigumma village in Dharakote police station area on Sunday, triggered widespread outrage in political and social circles after purported videos of the assault went viral. According to Niti Shekhar, DIG, Southern Range, the accused will be produced before a court soon. Bhubaneswar/Berhampur (Odisha), Jun 24 (PTI) Odisha Police on Tuesday arrested nine people, including a juvenile, for their alleged involvement in assaulting and humiliating two Dalit men by tonsuring half their heads and making them crawl on their knees in Ganjam district. PTI, however, could not independently verify the authenticity of the video. Two Dalit men were detained by the accused persons on suspicion of cattle smuggling. Their heads were tonsured, they were physically beaten up and forced to crawl on their knees and consume grass and drain water after they refused to pay Rs 30,000 as demanded by the accused persons, a police officer said. The arrested persons were identified as Siba Shankar Mohapatra (25), Satya Sahu (20), Bainath Bisoyi (23), Om Gouda (23), Ganapati Polai (36), Santosh Dakua (30), Shankar Das (25) and Narayan Dakua (30) along with a juvenile, he said. 'Some other people were also involved in the case and the search was on to nab them,' Aska SDPO Santosh Kumar Jena told reporters on Tuesday. The victims were identified as Babula Nayak (54) and Bulu Nayak (42) of Singipur village. The duo was transporting the cattle to gift Babula's daughter at the wedding as per tradition. The police have registered a case at Dharakote police station under different sections of the BNS and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocity) Act, 1989, the officer said. Ganjam Superintendent of Police Suvendu Kumar Patra said that Jena was investigating the matter. The motive of the crime was extortion of money in the name of cow smuggling, he said. 'On 22.06.2025, at village Jahada, two individuals from Singipur were allegedly abused, assaulted, and forcibly tonsured by Rajesh Samal and others,' the Ganjam SP said in an X post. Meanwhile, a group of officers led by Bhanjanagar Sub Collector Uma Shankar Behera visited the houses of victims at Singipur village and provided Rs 10,000 as aid to each of their families from the Red Cross fund for medical expenditure. Earlier, police had sent them to Dharakote hospital for treatment. 'During our visit, the actual victims were not in the homes. We talked with their family members and assured them that all the accused persons would be arrested by the police, as the district administration has taken the issue seriously,' Behera said. Among others, the block development officer, tahsildar and district welfare officer also visited the victims' houses. The Congress expressed anguish over the alleged torture of the two Dalit men and constituted a fact-finding committee to investigate the incident. At a press conference in Bhubaneswar, BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty termed the incident as 'barbaric' and said it has brought shame to Odisha. 'It is a glaring example of the breakdown of law and order in the state. The current insensitive leadership continues to ignore such incidents, leading to complete administrative paralysis,' the BJD leader said, demanding exemplary punishment for the culprits involved in the incident. The BJD said if the state's BJP government fails to take firm and proactive action, the regional party as a responsible opposition, will be compelled to launch statewide agitation in the coming days. PTI AAM MNB BDC AAM ACD This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
New Indian Express
05-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Ganjam police arrest 18 criminals, seize 17 firearms amid rising violent crime spree
BERHAMPUR: Finding itself on a sticky wicket over a recent spurt in violent crimes, Ganjam police has arrested 18 criminals and seized 17 illegal firearms with 66 live ammunition from them. Addressing mediapersons at Chhatrapur on Sunday, IG (Southern range) Niti Shekhar and Ganjam SP Suvendu Patra said the crackdown was part of preventive policing in the district. The 18 criminals include members of an organised crime syndicate. Patra said Sheragada police arrested six criminals and seized five country-made pistols and 22 live ammunition from them. Similarly, Kotinada police arrested five criminals and seized four pistols and 16 live ammunition. Aska police arrested four criminals and seized three pistols and 12 ammunition. Bhanjanagar, Polasara and Chamakhandi police arrested one criminal each. The arrested criminals are history-sheeters, he informed. Police suspect that the seized weapons were procured from outside Odisha. Special teams will be formed to trace and dismantle the supply chain. Police are also mulling seizure of properties acquired illegally by the criminals. Police have invoked the newly introduced section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita which deals with organised crime along with the Arms Act and other relevant provisions, Patra said and added that patrolling will be intensified in rural areas in the coming days. Notably, the district witnessed seven murders in the last one week. On May 1, a 17-year-old girl was reportedly murdered at her home by a stalker in Karapalli village within Gopalpur police limits in Ganjam district. On April 29, a 30-year-old man was found murdered on the roadside with his throat slit in K Nuagaon police limits of Berhampur. Similarly, an elderly man was beaten to death by his son over a family dispute at Purusottampur in the district on April 28. In the night on April 26, two siblings were allegedly murdered and their bodies set ablaze in Beguniapada. The same night, a 30-year-old man was reportedly killed by his elder brother over a property dispute in Bramhanapadar village within Tarasing police limits. A four-year-old girl was raped and murdered in an under-construction anganwadi centre at Khalingi village in Sanakhemundi block on April 25.
