Brahmapur clerk held taking bribe
Brahmapur: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested Junior Clerk-cum-Record Keeper of the Ganjam-Koraput Major Settlement Office, Berhampur Pradeep Kumar Sahu on the charge of taking bribe of
Rs 5,000 to issue Xerox copy of Yadast Register to a villager. Acting on a complaint of one Barik Sabar of Nilakanthapurguda under the Paralakhemundi PS, the Vigilance police laid a trap and caught Sahu red-handed while taking the bribe amount from Sabar in his office room.
4 of family held for dowry torture in S’garh
Rourkela: The Hemgiri police on Tuesday arrested and court-forwarded four persons of a family, including the husband of one Kunti Bag, who had committed suicide by setting herself ablaze on August 3, on the charges of dowry torture and provoking Kunti to commit suicide. Kunti, a native of Sireipalli in Jharsuguda had married Daitari (25) of Gardwar in Sundargarh in 2013. Kunti’s father lodged an FIR, following which the police arrested Daitari, his father, mother and sister. The police also recovered dowry items and handed over them to the girl’s family.
Youth held for sodomising child in Jajpur
Jajpur: The police on Wednesday arrested one Susanta Patra (23) of Nachipara under the Tamaka police station for allegedly sodomising a 10-year-old boy in a nearby forest on Tuesday evening. The child brought the matter before his parents, who lodged an FIR with the police. The accused was produced before the court of District and Sessions Judge, which remanded him to jail custody as his bail plea was rejected.
Dresses distributed to school kids at Joda
Champua: Dresses were distributed to 40 schoolchildren by the Joda Municipality on Wednesday under the State Government’s scheme for development of women and children. In this function, Councillor Suresh Barik and Champua MlA’s representative Nilamani Mohanty were the chief guest and guest of honour, respectively. Among others present were Municipality Vice-Chairman Surendranath Jena, who presided over the meeting, laxmi Patra and Anganwadi Worker Rabi Das.
librarians Day celebrated at Sunabeda Sunabeda: The Koraput District librarians’ Association celebrated the librarians Day here on Tuesday with a special programme organised to mark the birthday of Dr SR Ranganathan, the great librarian of India. Association president Tripati Sahu, vice-president BK Roy and general secretary Shaikh Ibrahim highlighted his contribution to the library movement in India. His notable contributions to the field-five laws of library science and the development of the Colon classification were narrated by members of the association. To inculcate reading habits among the youths, the association decided to initiate special programmes for them in undivided Koraput district. It also decided to hold its annual conference-cum-seminar on November 9.
Tributes paid to scribe on Shradhanjali day
Banpur: Banpur Press Club members and local educationists paid rich tributes to late Prabin Ram, who was both a journalist and a lawyer, on his 12th Shraddhanjali day on Wednesday. A meeting organised for the purpose was presided over by journalist Nrusingh Prasad Mishra and attended by Sarojini Dash of the Nehru Seva Sangh, lawyer SS Senapati, journalist and social activist Omprakash Agrawal and litterateur Balamukunda Das. A two-minute silence was observed to pray for the departed soul.