K’pada youth held for raping girlfriend
Kendrapada: The Nikirai police on Friday arrested one Basudev Sahu of Indupur on the charge of raping an 18-year-old girl of Nilikana village in Kendrapada district a week ago. As per a complaint lodged by the victim, a +2 Second Year student of the Pattamundai Women’s College, Basudev had been in a love with her for long. On September 1, when she was returning home from her college, Basudev intercepted her at Barau Chhak and forcibly took her to Bhubaneswar by his bike and kept illicit relationship with her before dropping her near the Kalapada bridge in Kendrapada on September 5.
Rs 1.65l looted from panchayat executive
Kendrapada: Two motorbike-borne miscreants on Friday looted Rs 1.65 lakh from Executive Officer of Gagapada gram panchayat Praffula Kumar Pati at Navodaya Vidyalaya Square on Cuttack-Chandabali Road while Pati was returning home by a bike, said Nikirai PS IIC Kiran Hembram. Pati complained that he had withdrawn the money from the Gangapada Gramya Bank for distribution among beneficiaries of various pension schemes. He had kept the money in the dickey of his bike.
Illegal Saw mill owner arrested in K’pada
Kendrapada: In a joint raid with forest personnel, the Kendrapada Town police on Friday arrested the owner of a saw mill on the Tulashi Women’s College road at Gopa Chowk for illegally operating the mill without valid licence and violating the saw mill statute. Notably, the saw mill licence had been revoked in 2005, but Arabinda Prasad Das was operating the mill illegally by violating the norms under the nose of the Forest Department by remaining hand-in-glove with the forest personnel, said police sources.
B’ngir ex-Civil Supply clerk gets 3-year RI
Balangir: The Court of Special Judge, Balangir, on Friday awarded three years of rigorous imprisonment to Ananta Charan Prasad, former Senior Clerk-cum-Cashier of the Office of the Civil Supply Officer, Balangir and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 while convicting him in a misappropriation case. The court held that Prasad misappropriated Government money to the tune of Rs2 lakh by manipulating cash books and other documents. Das would undergo six more months of RI if he fails to pay the fine.
60-yr-old hurt in bear attack in B’swar
Baleswar: Maheswar Singh (60) of Berhampur area in Nilgiri sustained serious injuries after he was attacked by a wild bear on Friday. First he was admitted at the district headquarters hospital but as his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.