Niranjan Patnaik helps Jajpur fire victims
Jajpur: Former Minister and ex-PCC president Niranjan Patnaik listened to grievances of the fire-hit residents at Rahadharapur under Dharmasala block of Jajpur district on Wednesday. He also distributed financial assistance and dry foods among the victims. He said he would stand by the people at any times of their need,
K’pada woman held for killing step-daughter
Kendrapada: The Talachua marine police on Wednesday arrested a woman on the charge of killing her 15-year-old stepdaughter in Gopaljewpatana village of Rangani gram panchayat in Kendrapada district. The woman, Archana Pradhan, in fit of rage hit stepdaughter Rinu with a wooden stick as she refused to do some household work.
Youth held for assaulting parents in K’pada
Kendrapada: The Kendrapara Sadar police on Wednesday arrested a 27-year-old youth, Srinibash Rout, for assaulting his parents, who are in their 60s, as they denied him to provide money to consume liquor. Injured father Pravakar Rout (65) lodged an FIR at Kendrapara Sadar police station, following which the police arrested Srinibash and started inquiry into the matter, said Kendrapara Sadar IIC Biranchi Bag.
K’pada man attempts to save son, electrocuted
Kendrapada: In a tragic incident, a 58-year-old man was on Wednesday electrocuted while attempting to save his son, who had been lying unconscious receiving shock from a solar power-run iron, in Baghamari village under Kendrapda district’s Talachua Marine police station. The deceased was identified as Sukumar Jana. While ironing clothes, son Ganesh received electric shock as the iron came in contact with the solar light charging plate. Ganesh was undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.
Ex-Gudvella JE gets two-year RI
Cuttack: The Vigilance Special Judge, Balangir on Wednesday sentenced Balangir district’s former Gudvella block Gram Panchayat Technical Assistant (JE) Bijay Kumar Behera to two years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs10,000 on him while convicting him in graft case under various sections of the PC Act. Behera would undergo RI for six months more in default of payment of fine, the Judge ordered. In June 2012, he had been caught red-handed taking bribe of Rs4,000 from a person to release a bill for payment against construction of community centre.
Head clerk held taking bribe in S’garh
Sundargarh: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday arrested Head Clerk Mohammad Sabir Hussen of Balisankar Tehsil in Sundargarh district for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs2,000 from one Alam Surjeet Tirkey of Rampur. He had demanded the bribe from Tirkey to process a file for correction of RoR.
Boy drowns in abandoned quarry at R’kela
Rourkela: A 15-year-old boy, Akash Badaik, of Hariharnagar Basti in Chhend area here drowned in an abandoned quarry at Tulsitola while taking bath on Wednesday morning. While Akash along with his two friends, Sudarsan Gope and Saurav Ekka, was bathing in the quarry, his foot slipped into the water. locals rescued Akash and rushed him to the Hitech Medical, where doctors declared him brought dead.