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The Hindu
04-08-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Odisha self-immolation case: Crime Branch of Odisha police arrests two persons linked to the death
The Crime Branch of Odisha police has arrested two persons linked to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in connection with a student's self-immolation on the campus of F.M. Autonomous College, Balasore, leading to her death last month. Crime Branch, which was tasked with the investigation into death that sparked nationwide uproar over girl's suicide, had picked up Subhra Sambit Nayak, ABVP's State Joint Secretary and Jyotiprakash Biswal, who sustained injuries while rescuing the girl, late night of Sunday. The 20-year-old girl had accused her teacher Samira Sahoo of harassing her. However, her repeated grievances had not been redressed. She had finally set herself on fire after rushing out from office of Principal on July 12. Two days after, with 95% burn injuries, she died in AIIMS, Bhubaneswar. Earlier in several video footages, Subhra Sambit Nayak, who had graduated from college, was seen arguing with principal on behalf of the deceased girl and demanded auctioned against the accused teacher. Both accused were produced before local court and were remanded to 14 days of judicial custody. During investigation, Crime Branch officials had questioned students, teachers, parents and journalists and examined video evidences during past several weeks. Some more arrests are likely to be made in the case. A few persons linked to National Students' Union of India, student wing of Congress, may also come in the ambit of probe as they had posted remarks on the girl on social media sites. The self-immolation by girl had raised serious questions about existence of functional internal complaint committees mandated under Internal Committee mandated under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH) and the University Grants Commission (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2015. Following girl's suicide, Opposition political parties had cornered the Mohan Majhi Government over the issue of safety of women in the State. The State government had subsequently in series of directions ordered to come up with internal complaint committees in all educational institutes. (Those in distress or having suicidal thoughts are encouraged to seek help and counselling by calling the helpline numbers here)
New Indian Express
02-08-2025
- New Indian Express
Special OTET question paper leak: One more teacher held
CUTTACK: The Crime Branch of Odisha police on Friday arrested a teacher from Kalahandi district in connection with Special Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (SOTET) question paper leak case. The accused has been identified as Prasant Kumar Khamari (56) of Jenakhalpada under Bhawanipatna police station. With this, the total number of arrests in the case has gone up to seven. Briefing mediapersons, Crime Branch DIG B Gangadhar said, the handwritten question papers of SOTET which were viral in different social media platforms were written by Khamari. 'Khamari, working as teacher in Government UP School at Bhejipadar in Bhawanipatna, had hatched a criminal conspiracy with Bijay Kumar Mishra, the working president of state ex-cadre teachers association Sanatan Bisoi, president of ex-cadre teachers association of Koraput district and other associates to orchestrate the crime. He had translated the question papers obtained through data entry operator Jitan Moharana of Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, Cuttack, by using Google Translation application and wrote the computerised question papers in his own handwriting to screen the actual leaked paper,' said Gangadhar. Besides, he enticed the gullible teachers who had failed in last Special OTET examination and sold the papers to make easy money. After collecting cash from teachers, he had transferred `99,000 through UPI to accused Bijay Kumar Mishra. Khamari's bank accounts are under verification, he informed. The mobile phone of Khamari has been seized and sample handwriting has been taken in presence of witnesses which will be sent to Hand Writing Bureau and Cyber Forensic for examination and opinion. Further investigation is in progress to trace the links of other accused persons and find out their involvement in the case, he added.
Hans India
01-05-2025
- Hans India
Fraudster gets 7-yr jail for duping investors
Bhubaneswar: A court in Balasore district on Wednesday sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty of fraud in crypto investment. The designated court, set up under Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 2011, also slapped a penalty of Rs 2.35 lakh on convict Nilesh Kumar Kar. He was convicted under different sections of the IPC and IT Act. The case was registered on April 5, 2023, and the accused Nilesh Kar was arrested on April 6, 2023, from Balasore. Mahamanya Jena of Balasore had lodged a complaint alleging that Nilesh Kar had induced him to invest in an App/website to earn extra money. He had invested Rs 2,13,038 by depositing the same between January and March 2023. When he was supposed to get Rs 50,57,117 on his invested amount, suddenly the website stopped functioning and he could not withdraw the amount, Jena alleged. During the investigation, the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) under the Crime Branch of Odisha police found that the website was fake and it was developed for mining crypto currency. One has to invest a minimum amount of Rs 665 to become a member to get a return of Rs 1,487.25 after 37 days. An investor was assured of earning about Rs 40 daily on the invested amount. The convict Nilesh Kar, being the leader of the fake website for Balasore district, had induced more than 400 persons of Odisha, including Jena, to become members of the website, the EOW said. The investigation also revealed that the convict showed fake authorisation letter from RBI. After collecting money, suddenly the wallet and the website were closed down. The convict, along with other accused persons, cheated the investors of Odisha of Rs 1.13 crore, the Special Public Prosecutor of the OPID Court, Balasore, said.
Hindustan Times
30-04-2025
- Hindustan Times
Court sentences man to 7 years imprisonment for cheating investors
Bhubaneswar, A court in Odisha's Balasore district on Wednesday sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty of fraud in crypto investment. The designated court set up under the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors Act, 2011, also slapped a penalty of ₹2.35 lakh on convict Nilesh Kumar Kar. He was convicted under different sections of the IPC and IT Act. The case was registered on April 5, 2023, and the accused Nilesh Kar was arrested on April 6, 2023, from Balasore. Mahamanya Jena of Balasore had lodged a complaint alleging that Nilesh Kar had induced him to invest in an App/website to earn extra money. He had invested ₹2,13,038 by depositing the same between January to March 2023. When he was supposed to get ₹50,57,117 on his invested amount, suddenly the website stopped functioning and he could not withdraw the amount, Jena alleged. During the investigation, the Economic Offence Wing under the Crime Branch of Odisha police found that the website was a fake website developed for mining of crypto currency. One has to invest a minimum amount of ₹665 to become a member to get a return of ₹1487.25 after 37 days. An investor was assured of earning about ₹40 daily on the invested amount. The convict Nilesh Kar, being the leader of the fake website for Balasore district had induced more than 400 persons of Odisha including Jena to become members of the website, the EOW said. The investigation also revealed that the convict showed fake authorisation letter from RBI. After collecting money, suddenly the wallet and the website were closed down. The convict along with other accused persons cheated the investors of Odisha ₹1.13 crore, Special Public Prosecutor of the OPID Court, Balasore, said.
