Additional Tehsildar held in forgery case in S’pur
Sambalpur: Additional Tehsildar of Maneswar in the district Bikash Bhoi and three others were arrested by the Sadar Police on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in a document forgery case. Sadar police station IIC Sujata Panda said Bhoi was arrested based on a complaint lodged by Haradhan Podh in March. Report said the complainant’s relative sold a land, which was in the complainant’s name, by issuing fake Encumbrance Certificate (EC) of the land from the tehasil with the help of the Additional Tehsildar. Police arrested three relatives of the complainant Narayana Podh, Siba Podh and Bhagirathi Podh.
displaced Balangir villagers demand Compensation
Balangir: Members of the Balangir Action Committee led by Gopalji Panigrahi and Dhirendra Narayan Banchhor staged a meeting before district Collector’s office here and demanded payment of compensation for the displaced people of Pardhiapali village. They demanded proper steps to facilitate the villagers’ rehabilitation. The speakers criticised the apathy of the district administration and the State Government in ensuring compensation to the displaced people of the lower Suktel Irrigation Project and early implementation of the 2013 rehabilitation Act.
Rapist gets 5 years’ RI in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court here on Thursday sentenced a rapist to undergo five years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and pay a fine Rs 10,000. The rapist is Kalandi Parida from Mahala village under the Kujang police station and the victim girl also a resident of the same village. While the girl was returning to village after attending a religious festival on October 2004, she was sexually assaulted by Kalandi on the village outskirts.