In a tragic coincidence, a man, who took charge as the manager of a bank in Ganjam district, lost his life on the joining day while another person, whom he succeeded, was seriously injured in a road mishap.
On Saturday, Bhagaban Sahu took charge as the Manager of Utkal Gramya Bank at Sonapur village under the Golanthara police station replacing Mahendra Tripathy. In the morning, both went to the bank, where Bhagaban was greeted as the new manager.
After his first day’s work, he was returning home along with Mahendra in the evening. A truck collided with their motorcycle from behind on NH-16 near the Golanthara police station. When Bhagaban, who was riding pillion, was knocked down by the heavy vehicle, another speeding truck ran over him killing him on the spot.
Receiving information, police reached the spot, sent the body for postmortem and began an investigation into the incident.
Bhagaban was earlier working at the Utkal Grameen Bank, Berhampur Municipality Branch. On Saturday, he had gone to the Sonapur branch on Mahendra’s motorcycle and took charge there.