Rs2l stolen from bike dickey in Jajpur
Jajpur: Some unidentified criminals stole cash of Rs2 lakh by break-opening the lock of one Chittaranjan Kar’s motorcycle dickey in front of the Rural Development office at Jaraka under the Dharmsala police station on Monday. Kar, a contractor of Jaleswarpur village, had parked his motorcycle after withdrawing the money from a local bank branch. Investigation is on to nab the culprits, police sources said.
CRCC, HM’s salaries held up in S’garh
Rourkela: The salaries of a CRCC and a headmaster of a Government school have been held up for alleged misappropriation of funds and dereliction of duty in Kuarmunda block of Sundargarh district. Official sources said that following the allegation of misappropriation of money under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and irregularities in school management, Kuarmunda Block Education Officer Ajay Ekka had recently inspected a number of schools and found lapses in the Buchatoli Project School and that the CRCC did not discharge his duty properly. Issuing show-cause notices to the CRCC and the HM, the BEO held up their salaries.
2 die as car, bike collide in S’garh
Rourkela: Two persons were killed as a car and a motorbike collided head on at Garjanbahal in Sundargarh district on Sunday night. The deceased, identified as Khageswar Rout (41) of Dumabahal under the lepripada police station and Jogeswar Biswal (55) of Kalikachagar under Hemgiri police station, were going by a motorcycle at around 7 pm when the mishap occurred. While the two died on the spot, the driver fled leaving the damaged car behind.