Senior police officer dies while on duty
Baripada: A senior Odisha Police Service (OPS) officer, Mayurbhanj Additional SP Bibudhendu Aich died while on duty on Thursday. Aich suffered a massive heart attack while working at his headquarters office, according to reports.
One dies in road accident in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: A 40-year-old man was killed on Wednesday after he hit his motorcycle with a water tanker from behind near the RK Wallia petrol pump in Kamapallia here. Biker Rabindra Pradhan (40) of Jagannath Vihar was on his way to Goilundi when the accident occurred. The police have seized the tanker and arrested its driver, sources said.
Hubby held for dowry torture in S’garh
Rourkela: The Bhasma police on Wednesday arrested and court-forwarded one Dibyalochan Patel of Badabahal village in Sundargarh district on the charge of torturing her wife for dowry. Kalyani Patel, daughter of Shankar Patel of Nialipali village, had married Dibyalochan one and half-an-year ago. According to the FIR, Kalyani along with her son has been staying in her paternal house since December 2013 as her in-laws tortured her demanding more dowries. Her parents-in-law are still absconding.