Two burglars held in Baleswar
Baleswar: The Nilgiri police of Baleswar on Tuesday arrested and court-forwarded two burglars of Mitrapur and seized a total stolen cash of Rs 5.76 lakh from their possession. The accused, identified as Prabhakar Das (35) and Ganesh Das (45), had stolen the cash from the house of their neighbour Atmaram Raul on February 15. Raul had received the money as advance by selling his land. Three police teams were formed to work on the case. After a thorough investigation, the suspects were identified and their interrogation led to recovery of the stolen cash, said Baleswar SP Awinash Kumar.
Girl molested on Holi in K’pada
Kendrapada: The Sadar police on Tuesday registered a case against one Mantu for forcibly applying colour and attempting to outrage the modesty of a Plus Two girl student at Bhuinpur Square in Kendrapada district on the day of Holi. The father of the girl had lodged an FIR against the youth. The accused is yet to be arrested.
Woman, son among 3 dead in R’kela road mishap
Rourkela: Three persons, including a woman and her son died in a road accident when a Tata Magic vehicle dashed a bike at the NIT bypass road here on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Kanak Bisoi (45), Biswajit Bisoi (26) and lale Kujur (40). The accident took place when Biswajit was going with his mother to Ispat market here on a bike. Both the mother and son succumbed to their injuries at the CWS hospital. Three injured persons, including lale, who were in the Tata Magic were admitted to the IGH. lale, a constable in the Rourkela police, succumbed to his injuries.
Youth killed in road accident in S’garh
Rourkela: A 30-year-old youth died in a road accident at Koira village in Sundargarh district on Monday. A resident of Raikela village under the Koira police station of Sundargarh district, he was going from Koira to Raikela by his bike hen a 10-wheeler truck coming from opposite direction dashed his bike at Govt weighbridge.
Vedanta SSlT holds Women’s Day
Jharsuguda: To mark the International Women’s Day celebration, the Vedanta’s SSlT Jharsuguda has began a weeklong campaign under its 'Sakhi' programme aiming to provide healthcare to at least 1,000 women in the locality. It organised a maternal health camp and a felicitation programme at Bhurkamunda. More than 200 women employees participated in the event. The MHU’s Dr Jagdish Pattjoshi and the SSl’s Dr Sabita Swain provided health tips to the pregnant women. Besies health check-up, protein powder was given to 65 women of two villages Bhurkamunda and Bhagipalli.