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Odisha Crime Branch arrested two Nigerian cyber criminals from New Delhi

Bhubaneswar:3/06/18: In a major breakthrough, Odisha Crime Branch on Sunday arrested two Nigerian cyber criminals from New Delhi.

The duo was nabbed in connection with online fraud in Odisha and Maharashtra.

Acting on specific information about the fraudsters’ presence in the national capital, a team of Crime Branch Cyber Cell carried out simultaneous raids and managed to nab them

According to Crime Branch sources, the cyber criminals used to pose themselves as lottery officials and withdraw money online after obtaining bank details of people in Odisha and Maharashtra by promising riches and prizes.

The criminals have committed online fraud to the tune of Rs 10.50 lakh in Odisha. Both of them were most wanted by Odisha and Maharashtra police since long, the sources added.

They are being interrogated to extract more information regarding involvement of more people in the racket.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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