Gram Rojgar Sevak held taking bribe
Baripada: Manoranjan Mohanta, Gram Rojgar Sevak of Gidighati gram panchayat under Bahalda block in Mayurbhanj district, was arrested by the Vigilance police on Thursday for taking bribe of Rs 3,000. Mohanta was caught red-handed by Vigilance officers while accepting the bribe from Ramesh Kisku of village Gayalkata under Tiringi police station. He had demanded the bribe from Kisku for processing of running account bill in the roadwork from Gayalkata to PWD road for payment.
RI suspended for disobedience of order
Kendrapada: The Kendrapada district Collector has suspended Revenue Inspector (RI) of Derabish tehsil Gunanidhi Behera, who was transferred to Garadpur tehsil but didn’t join office for which the revenue collection has been hampered under the tehsil. Collector Ratnakar Rout placed him under suspension for disobeying the
senior official’s order.
Two women drown in river in Jajpur
Jajapur: Two married women drowned while taking bath in the river Kharasrota at Dewanasahi village under the Binjharpur police station in Jajpur district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Basantilata Behera (30) and Pranati Sahoo (27). Both slipped into the water. Some local people fished out the bodies.
‘Entrust skilled officers to probe crimes’
Baleswar: NGO Civil liberty Forum held a seminar entitled ‘Accountability in Prosecution’ here. Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court laxmikanta Mohapatra attended as chief guest on the occasion, while several eminent jurists deliberated on the topic. The speakers maintained that both the investigating officers and judiciary officers have major roles in delivering justice in criminal cases. They underlined the importance of entrusting skilled and experienced officers the job of investigation. The programme was managed by Sukumar Rana, Subrat Kar, Arati Rana, Prabhakar Sahu and Pankaj Agarwal.