Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India] February 23 (ANI): Odisha Police has nabbed the prime accused in a gangrape case pertaining to January 1999 which triggered an outcry across the country, from Maharashtra's Lonavala on Sunday.
After 22 years, main accused in Odisha gang rape case arrested
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Incident was a turning point in State’s political history
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Incident was a turning point in State’s political history
The main accused in the case of the two-decade-old gang-rape of the wife of a former Indian Forest Officer that almost brought the J. B Patnaik-led Congress government in Odisha to its knees has been arrested.
Biban Biswal alias Bibekananda Biswal was arrested from the Amby Valley City Project near Navi Mumbai by Commissionerate Police for Bhubaneswar and Cuttack on Sunday. He had been on the run for the past 22 years.
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The fear of the second wave of Covid-19 continues to haunt the Odisha government even though the mutated strain of Sars Covid-2 has not been detected in UK returnees to the state.
In order to ensure that Odisha does not lose its grip on Covid management, the Naveen Patnaik government has declared a ban on night celebrations this New Year eve.
In order to strictly implement the ban the government has clamped night curfew across the state to avoid congregations and celebrations. “The night curfew will be imposed from 10pm tonight to 5am on Friday. All are requested to cooperate,” Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P.K. Jena said.
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However, one of India s largest gold loan NBFC Mannapurram argues that even in cases where the attempts are initially successful, the police have usually succeeded in recovering much of the stolen jewellery.
Manappuram Finance told Business Insider that most of these attempts turn out to be unsuccessful given the sophisticated security systems NBFCs have in place.
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Robberies in the middle of a pandemic The rise in robberies is especially worrisome given that companies like Muthoot and Manappuram have had to pivot to collecting the mortgaged gold from the borrowers’ homes. Before the COVID-19 lockdown, the borrowers had to visit the branch to deposit the gold.