Odisha Additional Director General of Police (ADG) for Law and Order, Sanjay Kumar, said on Wednesday that coastal security has been put on high alert and patrols have been increased along the seaside and coastal areas of the state in response to the political crisis in Bangladesh.
Baikuntha Pradhan, a Raj Bhavan employee in Odisha has alleged assault by Governor Raghubar Das's son, Lalit Kumar along with other six people on the night of July 7.
Odisha Police will use AI technology on a pilot basis for effective traffic and crowd management during the Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra, a senior police official said.
The meeting took place at the state guest house in Bhubaneswar and was attended by Director General of Police (DGP) Arun Sarangi, Director Intelligence Saumendra Priyadarshi, and other senior police officials.
The Kandhamal district police team in Odisha thwarted an attack plan by Maoists when they seized 2 kg of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Tilakpanga forest in the Gochhapada police station area.
The Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Prashant Jagdev, who was arrested by the Odisha Police on Sunday, had allegedly entered the polling booth and misbehaved with the presiding and polling officers, an official said.
After the Kanker encounter in Chhattisgarh, Arun Kumar Sarangi, DGP Odisha, has said that the bordering state of Chhattisgarh has been kept on high alert and the intelligence team is keeping an eye the Naxals movement in the area.
Odisha Police have instructed Special Security Battalion personnel to remove tattoos that are visible while wearing uniforms on their bodies within 15 days, as it demeans the image of the battalion.
Two forest department staffers were injured when poachers fired at them in Odisha's Balasore district late on Monday, police officials said. The two poachers were arrested.
"On January 17, we are having the inauguration of Shree Mandir Parikrama (another name for Jagannath Heritage Corridor). We have made elaborate security arrangements," Arun Kumar Sarangi, Odisha DGP, told ANI.