K’pada ZP ex-president arrested
Kendrapada: Executing a warrant drive, the Marshaghai police on Thursday arrested former Zilla Parishad president of Kendrapada Nagendra Behera and produced him before the SDM court. A warrant was pending against Behera’s name as he was involved in ransacking the Rahama College at Jagatsinghpur in 1996 when he was a student, said Marshaghai police station IIC Sukanta Kumar Patra. Behera was remanded into jail custody as his bail plea was rejected by the court, Patra added.
G’pati farmer injured in bear attack
Paralakheundi: A 40-year-old farmer, Jakhya Mandal, of Patikata village under Goshani block in Gajapati district was seriously injured after being attacked by a bear during the wee hours on Friday. While Mandal was going to the farmland near Bujhiguda village, suddenly two bears attacked him. Hearing his scream, residents of Bujiguda and Patikata villages rushed to the spot and rescued the farmer and sent him to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) here. Mandal’s heath condition is stated to be critical.