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Cuttack: The Special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Court, Cuttack on Thursday awarded the death sentence to Mohammad Mushtaq for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Cuttack district on April 24, 2018. The…

Keonjhar: The ADJ POCSO court here on Tuesday sentenced six persons to 20-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 each for raping a minor girl in Barbil area of Keonjhar district in 2015. The court awarded the punishment under POCSO…

Jagatsinghpur: A special POCSO court here on Tuesday awarded death penalty to Kalia Mana for the rape and murder of a minor girl at Ersama in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. According to case records, Kalia had picked up a nine-year-old…

Malkangiri: Irate villagers of Katamateru village of Korukonda panchayat in Malkangiri district on Monday severely thrashed a schoolteacher for allegedly sexually abusing a minor girl. They also kept the teacher tied to the main gate of…

Cuttack:  Tension ran high in a nursing home at Niali in Cuttack district on Sunday when a nine-year-old died after allegedly being administered a wrong injection. The deceased has been identified as Sima Naik. According to sources, Sima…

Baripada: Police on Tuesday arrested a youth for allegedly recording an obscene video of a minor girl at Mundhakata under Bangriposi police limits in Baripada. The accused, identified as Sanu Patra (20), had recorded a video of a minor…

Angul: In a first for Odisha, a minor boy has been awarded 20-year jail term by the Juvenile Court here for the gang rape of a minor girl. The two courts, (Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) Court and the Juvenile Court) also…

Kendrapara: A kanwariya (Bol Bam devotee) was arrested for allegedly raping a girl in Rajkanika area of Kendrapara district. Police said the accused, Prakash Mallik (24), was a resident of Ahmedpur village in the district. The incident…

Bhubaneswar: Protesting the cancellation of the route permit of the bus in which a minor girl was raped by the helper in Puri during Rath Yatra, the All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association on Saturday threatened to launch an indefinite…