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Bhubaneswar Rape Case: Police Seize Toy Gun and Mobiles from Accused Mother
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News18•06-10-2026, 19:30
Bhubaneswar Rape Case: Police Seize Toy Gun and Mobiles from Accused Mother
- •Police recovered a toy gun, six mobile phones, and other items from the mother of the accused, Santosh alias Sreedhar Panda.
- •The 24-year-old accused allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman in her rented flat on September 30 by threatening her with a toy gun.
- •Santosh was arrested on October 3 after sustaining injuries in a police encounter while officers attempted to take him into custody.
- •Investigation revealed the accused had left his belongings and mother at a distant relative's house in Jagatsinghpur district after the crime.
- •The accused's mother and the relative appeared before Nayapalli police to surrender the items, which included a T-shirt and a towel.
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Police seized a toy gun, six mobile phones, a T-shirt, a towel, and other articles from the mother of the accused after she and a distant relative appeared before the Nayapalli police station.
The 24-year-old accused, Santosh alias Sreedhar Panda, was arrested after sustaining injuries in police firing when investigating officers attempted to apprehend him on October 3.
The alleged rape of the 26-year-old woman took place on the night of September 30 at her rented flat in Bhubaneswar, where the masked attacker threatened her with a toy gun.
