Bamra Tehsil Head Clerk caught taking bribe
Sambalpur: lalit Mohan Pattnaik, Head Clerk, Office of the Tehsildar, Bamra in Sambalpur district, was arrested by the Vigilance police for taking bribe of `2,000 on Wednesday. He was caught red-handed by a Vigilance team in his office room while demanding and accepting the bribe from Sugree Bagh of Kechhupani under the Govindpur police station in Sambalpur district for processing his file in connection with a mutation case filed by Bagh for issuance of RoR in his favour. The bribe money was recovered from Pattnaik’s table drawer.
.Vig detects K’pada clerk’s assets of `58l
Kendrapada: The Vigilance sleuths here in association with their Cuttack counterparts conducted a joint raid on Wednesday at the residences and office of Chaityana Charan Rout, cashier of R&B Division. As many as four teams conducted the simultaneous raids at the R&B office, his parental house, a three- storied building in Hajaribagicha and another house in CDA. The total movable and immovable assets detected were calculated at `58, 27,420.
Man dies in mishap on Expressway
Kendrapada: A 55-year-old man, Bhaskar Sahu, of Khasadi village was killed as a speeding truck crushed him near Khamarapada chowk on Paradip-Daitary Expressway on Wednesday. Traffic was disrupted for a few hours as locals staged road blockade demanding compensation for the deceased’s next kin.
Two held for stealing dumper in S’garh
Rourkela: The lahunipada police on Wednesday arrested and court-forwarded two persons on the charge of stealing a dumper from Darjing area under Sundargarh district’s Bonei subdivision a month ego. Two more accused are still on the run. The four miscreants had on April 27 intercepted an iron fines-laden dumper in Darjing area and told the driver they were from the finance company that financed his owner to purchase the dumper. They soon got into the vehicle and said that they would take the vehicle as many loan installments were due. They forced the driver to get down at Choudwar.
New K’mal Press Club office-bearers elected
Phulbani: A general body meeting was convened by the Kandhamal Press Club for election of its new office-bearers on Tuesday. Siba Prasad Tripathy was declared as the returning officer, whereas Philmon Nayak was selected as the president of the club. The other members are Ashok Kumar Mohanty (General Secretary), Jayasen Parida (Treasurer), Santosh Digal (Vice-President), Prasant Behera (Assistant Secretary). Among others, club members Santosh Mishra, Birendra Subudhi, Debi Prasad Kar, Ajit Maharana and Gokuli Pattnaik were present.