7 verified cases from Odisha, newest first.
Former BJD MLA Bikram Panda and former Berhampur Mayor Sivashankar 'Pintu' Dash are accused of conspiring to murder BJP leader Pitabas Panda by engaging middlemen and contract killers. The Odisha High Court granted conditional bail to Bikram Panda on grounds of a statutory defect.
The Supreme Court acquitted a man who had spent 22 years in jail due to wrongful conviction. The case exemplifies a failure in the judicial system where technical grounds were used to refuse hearing, prolonging an innocent person's incarceration.
A 32-year-old man allegedly died in custody at Kabisurya Nagar police station in Ganjam district, Odisha. The National Human Rights Commission has sought an action taken report from the district administration regarding the circumstances of the death and police conduct.
An 86-year-old father alleged that his youngest son forced him out of the ancestral home at Baramunda village. The Orissa High Court ordered the son to vacate the ground floor and restore it to the father, while leaving a separate dispute over land parcels bought in the son's name to civil court.
Karri 'Spider Satti' Babu was arrested in Andhra Pradesh in connection with a burglary at the residence of a senior Congress leader in Odisha. The case involved a manhunt following the theft.
The CBI is investigating a bribery case involving a senior Odisha cadre IAS officer and his driver, following allegations of a Rs 10 lakh bribe.
A Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in Sambalpur convicted a husband and his in-laws for dowry harassment and assault. The court sentenced the accused to one year of rigorous imprisonment along with fines.