Archive · 9 Jan 2026
Odisha: App Cab Driver Arrested for Robbery
A businessman named Aman Kumar Agarwal booked a cab from the airport to his home in Odisha.
The driver, Nageswar Pramanik, overheard Aman talking about valuable gifts he had brought from Thailand.
During the journey, the driver asked Aman to get out of the car near a fuel station.
When Aman got out, the driver drove away with his luggage, which had gold, cash, and other valuable things worth Rs 20 lakh.
The police caught the driver and got back the stolen items.
The driver had been in trouble for other crimes before too.
An Ola cab driver, Nageswar Pramanik, was arrested for fleeing with valuables worth over Rs 20 lakh belonging to a passenger in Bhubaneswar.
The incident occurred on January 7, 2024, when the driver overheard the passenger discussing valuable gifts and planned to steal them.
The driver asked the passenger, Aman Kumar Agarwal, to get out of the car under a pretext and fled with the luggage containing gold ornaments, cash, foreign currency, and other personal belongings.
The police arrested the driver on January 9, 2024, and recovered the stolen items.
The accused had been involved in four other criminal cases previously.
- Who
- Aman Kumar Agarwal (victim), Nageswar Pramanik (accused)
- What
- Robbery by an app cab driver
- When
- January 7, 2024
- Where
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- Why
- The driver overheard the passenger discussing valuable items and planned to steal them.
Driver's Actions
Passenger's Experience
Motive
Driver's Actions
The driver overheard the passenger discussing valuable items and planned to steal them.
Passenger's Experience
The passenger innocently mentioned the gifts, unaware of the driver's intentions.
Incident Details
Driver's Actions
The driver asked the passenger to get out of the car under a pretext and fled with the luggage.
Passenger's Experience
The passenger was deceived and left stranded without his belongings.
- Victim
- Aman Kumar Agarwal
- Accused
- Nageswar Pramanik
- Location
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- Stolen Items
- Gold ornaments, cash, foreign currency, passport, credit/debit cards, and other personal belongings
- Value of Stolen Items
- Rs 20 lakh
- Date of Incident
- January 7, 2024
- Date of Arrest
- January 9, 2024
- Previous Criminal Cases
- 4
