Ex-samiti member killed in Koraput
Koraput: A former samiti member of Anta in Koraput district was killed by armed miscreants on Thursday. Ram Krushna Pujari (42) of Kalsahandi village under the Jeypore Sadar police limits was attacked by about a dozen people in a forest near Gheuri, 30 km from here. He was taken to the Jeypore hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Pujari’s wife has filed complaints against 15 people of the village. Police said the murder was believed to have been a fallout of a previous rivalry.
K’mal man gets life term for killing villager
Phulbani: Additional District Judge (ADJ) Rajendra Kumar Tosh has awarded life time imprisonment to one Purna Sahu of Bareguda village under the Khajuripada police station in Kandhamal district for killing fellow villager Bhimsen Sahu on March 17, 2014. The ADJ also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000, in default of which Sahu will have to undergo two months more jail term. Tosh acquitted three other accused, all members of a family, who had land dispute with Bhimsen and his wife Namita.
man gets 7-yr RI for attempt to murder
Rourkela: Assistant Session Judge Ashish Kumar Tirpathy of the Bonei Court awarded seven years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) to one Baneswar Kishan (40) of Kanebheta village under Bonei police station in Sundargarh district for attempting to kill one Purna Chandra Kishan (52) on October 28, 2010 over some land dispute. The Judge also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000, in default of which Baneswar will have to undergo six months more jail term. On the fateful night, when Kishan was sleeping on the verandah of his house, Baneswar went to his house and hit the former’s face with an axe for three times.
poor service of Banpur Andhra Bank
Banpur: Andhra Bank of Bhimpur got permission from the RBI to run a branch in rural area of Banpur block to provide service to the rural people. However, due to the rash attitude of the manager of the bank, many costumers are dissatisfied with its service. Bank manager Bhimasen Behera often misbehaved with the rural costumers for which the costumers sifted their accounts to the other banks. Many fixed depositors and persons who have taken gold loans were harassed. More particularly, the Bank Manager flouted the statutory principle of the RBI and did not inform people facility available for grievance redressal, alleged sources.