The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police claimed to have busted a job fraud racket operating in as many as 17 states in India and arrested its mastermind from Bihar.
Odisha Leader of Opposition (LoP) and BJP senior leader Jayanarayan Mishra gave up his personal security officer (PSO) on Saturday, claiming he has lost faith in Odisha police in the wake of the murder of Odisha Minister Naba Kishor Das in presence of security personnel.
Odisha Health Minister Naba Das was shot at in Brajarajnagar in the Jharsuguda district and succumbed to his bullet injuries in Bhubaneswar hospital on Sunday. Das was shot at by one police personnel.
Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police on Sunday arrested a person, accused of involvement in what is said to be the "biggest job fraud racket" in the country, from Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam, police said.
The state of Odisha fondly remembered its first and India's third lady Sub-Inspector Vijaya Laxmi Devi on Saturday. The officer, who belonged to the Dhenkanal district of Odisha, joined the state police force on January 8, 1962.
A lady sub-inspector (SI) posted at women police station in Bhubaneshwar was allegedly chased, verbally abused, and threatened by a group of armed miscreants in the state capital on Monday late night, the polices said on Thursday.
As the Odisha Police Crime Branch team continued their investigation into two Russian nationals death case on the third day, DGP Sunil Kumar Bansal said that the probe team has not found any indication of any kind of foul play in the case so far.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police said it unearthed a huge job fraud scam being run from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The scammers targeted the unemployed youth in at least five states - Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.