Scribe laxmikanta Mohanty passes away
Bhubaneswar: Kalinga Putra editor and social activist laxmikanta Mohanty passed away on Saturday morning. He fell down while watering flower plants in the premises of the Kalinga Foundation established by him in memory of Biju Patnaik. He is survived by his only daughter.
3 missing schoolchildren return home in K’pada
Kendrapada: The three schoolchildren, who had gone missing at Koro under the Nikirai police station in Kendrapada district on March 2, returned their homes on Friday. The children are Subh Abhisek Biswal, Ashis Biswal and Nathia Mallick, all are residents of Uchharpada. The trio aged between 14 and 15 years had left their houses with two cycles by informing their families that they were going to Kendrapara Town. later they went on missing from Koro Chowk. Police sent a team to West Bengal to search for the children. However, the trio’s family members informed that their children have returned to their houses with the help of one of their relatives. The trio had gone to Kolkata.
Bhadrak minor girl raped in K’pada
Kendrapada: A 14-year-old girl of Amaranagar in Bhadrak district was allegedly raped by one Nitay Mandal at Tikayatnagar under the Talachua Marine police station in Kendrapada district on Thursday. The minor girl had gone to her aunt’s house at Tikayatnagar. On Thursday night, when she was waiting for her aunty on a road to visit a cultural programme, Nitay and his friend Anirudha Maity came and forcibly took her to the backside of her aunt’s house by gagging her mouth with a handkerchief. Nitay raped her while Anirudha kept a close watch. The two accused are absconding and hunt is on to nab them, said Talachua Marine PS IIC Keran Hembram.
CM opens 3rd B’swar marine police station
Baleswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a marine police station at Talsari on Saturday. This is the third police station of the district while other two are located at Balaramgadi and Bahabalpur. These stations are meant to revamp coastal security in the area. SP Awinash Kumar and other senior officials of the district were present.
Three detonators seized in Kandhamal
Phulbani: A joint team of CRPF and district police recovered three detonators and a zinc bucket while returning from an area under the Gochapada police station after conducting a combing operation, said DIB DSP Arjun Barik. Notably, an exchange of fire was occurred at luising and Adenigad three to four months back. Hence, presence of Maoists in Kandhmal cannot be denied, Barik said, adding that the detonators destroyed at the spot.
Kandhamal lawyers cease court work
Phulbani: The District Bar Association on Saturday ceased court work in protest against the police firing incident that caused the death of an advocate in Allahabad. In response to the call of State Bar Council secretary Manas Mahapatra, association members led by president Ajaya Singh and secretary Birupakshya Panda staged the agitation.