Police register FIR against Sarpanch in K’pada
Kendrapada: The Rajnagar police registered an FIR against the Sarpanch of Baliapatana GP for decamping with a gold chain and cash of Rs 30,000 after assaulting and injuring a person. The Sarpanch attacked the person at a betel shop at Gopalpur due to a past rivalry.
8-yr-old girl ‘raped’ by minor boy in K’pada
Kendrapada: The Nikirai police on Tuesday arrested a minor boy for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl at Ghagara on Monday while she was going to defecate at the roadside of her house. The boy is a student of Class X at the local High School. Both the girl and the boy were medically examined on Tuesday.
locals humiliate havildar for ‘affair’ with woman
Kendrapada: locals of Pakhad village detained and later humiliated Narayan Behera, a havildar of the district police, on Monday night after finding him involved in a suspicious act with a fellow village woman. After detaining him for some hours, the locals released Behera as he apologised. The SP directed an inquiry into the matter.
Dead croc found in Brahmani river
Kendrapada: Forest personnel of Kanika under the Bhitarkanika National Park retrieved a 8.2-feet dead female crocodile floating in Brahmani river on Monday near the entry gate. locals had informed the forest personnel about the crocodile’s carcass. The body of the reptile was buried at Dangamal.
Boudh cop gets 4-yr RI for prior offence
Phulbani: The Special Vigilance Court, Phulbani has awarded four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) to Panchanan Majhi, former ASI of the Adenigarh outpost under Boudh district’s Purunakatak PS while convicting him in a bribe case. Besides, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 4,000 on Majhi, who is now posted at the SDPO office, Boudh. Majhi had demanded and taken Rs 7,000 as bribe from one Sushil Bhoi of Adenigarh to settle a caste aspersion case amicably between Sushil and one Rastrapati Behera of Gorasahi village.
NTPC provides scholarships to schoolchildren
Talcher: As part of CSR initiative, the NTPC Talcher Kaniha organised a programme here last week where around 390 students of 61 UP and High schools were awarded merit scholarships. MP Tathagata Satpathy and NTPC Talcher Kaniha Executive Director PR Dahake distributed the scholarships. The students were provided merit certificates and cash prize of Rs 2,250, Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,750, respectively.
R’kela OSAP School HM gets State award
Rourkela: Headmaster Santosh Kumar Nayak of the Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP) High School was conferred with the State Award for his valuable services to the community as a teacher of outstanding merit. At a State-level function held in Bhubaneswar on the occasion of the Teachers’ day, School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra awarded Nayak in the presence of CM Naveen Patnaik and Department Secretary Usha Padhee. The head master received a cash award of Rs 25, 000, a memento and certificate.