Brown sugar worth Rs50l seized; one held
Baleswar: After a joint raid conducted by the Central Excise Intelligence Bureau, Cuttack and the Baleswar Excise Department on Sunday, one SK Akbar of Aradbajar under the Sahadevkhunta police station in Baleswar district was arrested with 500 grams of brown sugar worth Rs50 lakh. Besides, the Excise sleuths also seized seven mobile handsets and cash Rs9,000 from his possession. Accused Akbar was supplying brown sugar to Cuttack and Khurdha area.
Ganja trader held in Kandhamal
Phulbani: The police on Saturday informed that a ganja trader was arrested and 72 kg of contraband was recovered from his possession here. The trader, Kuber Sahu (34), was nabbed when he and his aides, were transporting ganja on Friday. Kandhamal SP KV Singh said the police seized a motorcycle and 72 kg of ganja from Sahu while his accomplice fled from the spot. “Sahu was controlling the ganja business in the district for the last few years,” Singh said.
3 held in Rourkela minor rape case
Rourkela: The Bisra police on Sunday arrested three miscreants, including a juvenile, on charge of raping a minor girl of Sarubahal village under Rourkela police district on Friday evening. They were identified as Sanjit Nayak (20), Gopal Kerketta (27) and loknath Oram (17). According to the FIR, they forcibly took away a Class X girl from the village and raped her in an isolated place. “They have confessed to the crime and after medical examinations Sanjit and Gopal have been sent to the Rourkeal Special Jail and loknath to observation home. Further investigation is on,” police said.
Devanga Mahasangam holds meet at J’pore
Jeypore: The All Odisha Devanga Mahasangam (AODM), the federation of traditional weavers in the State, held its annual meeting here on Sunday. AODM president T Gopi presided over the meeting in the presence of A Appa Rao. On the occasion, various social activities were taken up. Besides, the body took a resolution to uplift the downtrodden families of Devanga caste and also decided to organise medical and other camps for the society at large. Among others, AODM vice-president KGK Naidu and general secretaries Rajeswar Rao and K Srinivas were present.