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Time of India
a day ago
- Time of India
Man gets life termfor raping blind girl in Odisha's Jharsuguda
Representative image JHARSUGUDA: A Pocso court in Jharsuguda on Wednesday sentenced a 52-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old blind girl, with the conviction coming 99 days after registration of the FIR in the case. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict. Failure to pay the fine will result in another six months of rigorous imprisonment. The judge also directed the state to pay a compensation of Rs 10.5 lakh to the survivor. According to case records, the girl, after having lunch, had gone to the convict's house to hear the TV. When other family members of the man were asleep, he gagged her mouth and raped her. The court pronounced its judgment after examining 27 witnesses and 32 documents, said special public prosecutor Pritiwiraj Singhdeo. IG (northern range) Himanshu Kumar Lal said, "In this case, as per the new BNS Act, the conviction was done in 99 days after the FIR was registered. This will set an example for others that anyone committing a crime will face stringent punishment in the shortest possible time." SP (Jharsuguda) Smit Parmar said the accused threatened the survvor not to disclose the crime to anyone. On May 3, she told her father about her ordeal. Her father informed other villagers, but they didn't take any step. After two days, he lodged an FIR against the man. Parmar said, "This is a landmark judgment and due care was taken throughout investigation to ensure speedy justice." (The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault) Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Happy Independence Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
Time of India
6 days ago
- Time of India
Teen kills younger brother, buries body near house
1 2 Bhubaneswar: A 17-year-old teenager killed his 12-year-old younger brother and buried the body close to their house one-and-a-half months back without giving the slightest hint about it until police arrested him at Titlagarh in Balangir district on Saturday. The accused told police that he committed the crime because he constantly felt sidelined and neglected because his parents' paid more attention to the younger child. For around 45 days it was a blind case for the police. But a vital clue provided by the accused's parents during questioning unravelled the mystery. The accused's mother told police that when she returned home on June 28 evening, her elder son (the accused) was washing the floor. When police asked if he did it regularly, she replied in the negative bringing the older sibling under the purview of the investigation. He confessed to the crime soon after. Police sources said the accused tried to clean the floor as blood had spilled after he stabbed his brother. The accused used an agricultural tool kept in the house to dig the pit twice — once immediately after the murder and again late at night on the same day, police said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Become Fluent in Any Language Talkpal AI Install Now Undo IGP (northern range) Himanshu Kumar Lal said the boy first buried the body inside the house and then late in the night shifted it to another place near the house, fearing his parents would suspect if the body remained inside. "After it was ascertained that the older sibling was involved, it was tough to establish the crime. So we exhumed the body," he told TOI. SP (Balangir) Abilash G said the parents, both daily-wage labourers, lodged a missing complaint at Titlagarh police station on June 29. Initially police suspected it to be a case of child trafficking. "Though police officers were deployed strategically and all CCTV cameras were scanned, we were getting no result. Interrogation of the parents time and again led to the detection," the SP said. The minor accused in the case is being treated under the category of Children In Conflict with Law (CICL). Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Raksha Bandhan wishes , messages and quotes !
Hindustan Times
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
277 detained Bengali workers released after document verification: Odisha police
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police on Thursday released 277 Bengali workers who were detained in Jharsuguda district as part of a crackdown on suspected illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas after verifying their documents, police said. Police said those detained were accommodated at designated facilities with access to adequate food, water, hygiene and medical care. Since Monday, 444 individuals — from West Bengal's Nadia, Murshidabad, Malda, Purba Medinipur, Birbhum, Purba Bardhaman, and South 24 Parganas — had been rounded up during raids in colonies where Bengali-speaking labourers reside, and shifted to holding centres at Black Diamond College of Engineering and Technology in Jharsuguda sub-division and Surabhi Kalyan Mandap in Brajrajnagar sub-division Trinamul Congress (TMC) member of Parliament (MP) Mahua Moitra claimed on Wednesday that 23 of those detained were from her parliamentary constituency in Bengal and that they had the valid documents. Later, police in Jharsuguda district let 25 of those detained at holding centres to go back to their home state. On Thursday, 277 more were allowed to go after police checked their birth certificates and passports. 'Without verifiable documents, it is imperative to crosscheck records to confirm whether the persons are Indian citizens or foreign nationals. This process is critical to protect our borders and ensure the safety of our nation. Those detained are accommodated at designated facilities with access to adequate food, water, hygiene and medical care, in line with humanitarian standards,' inspector general (IG) of police, northern range, Himanshu Kumar Lal said. However, one of the persons, who was allowed to leave, said on condition of anonymity, 'There were just three toilets for more than 200 people. We slept on the floor and were served food that consisted of rice and curry. We are hardworking people and the food that was served was barely enough.' Another person said, 'Many of us don't have birth certificates and it would be very difficult to get those at such short notice. Police should have been a little considerate.' The verification process is being conducted by senior officers via a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and with multiple layers of scrutiny. An official at the detention centre said the biographic and biometric data of all migrants are being captured and then uploaded on the Foreigners Identification Portal (FIP). 'All 10 Fingerprints (4+4+2 manner) of both right and left hand are being scanned and saved in the FIP in an online manner. The photograph is being clicked by using a camera integrated with the desktop. Once all required demographic and biometric data is entered in the FIP system, the applicant record is to be marked as complete,' said an official. On Wednesday, TMC MP Mahua Moitra had alleged that the workers from Bengal were being illegally detained by Odisha police under the pretext of a documentation drive though they had valid Aadhaar and EPIC cards. 'Please don't think there's no one to fight for these workers. If they are not released immediately, we will file 23 habeas corpus petitions and I will go there myself. In 23 years of Naveen Patnaik's BJD government, this has never happened. But in the past year, since the BJP came to power (in the state), this has become a daily occurrence,' she said in a video message posted on X.
