Inbrief

Three held in chain-snatching case in B’swar

Baleswar: The Baleswar Town police arrested and court-forwarded three persons in a chain-snatching case on Tuesday. The cops also seized a bike which was used in the crime. The accused trio was identified as Pradip Sethi (19), Chandan Jena (19)   Gopalgaon and Satyapritam Parida (25), a jeweler. Acting on an FIR, lodged by Rasmita Patel of Makalpur, the police started investigation and later nabbed the accused trio. However, another aide of the culprits is absconding.

Six child labourers rescued in Baleswar

Baleswar: The Sahadevkhunta police on Tuesday rescued six children, who were working as child labourers at various units in Baleswar district. The children were rescued following several raids by the police. The raids were conducted under operation Muskan, said Sahadevkhunta police station IIC Paresh Rout.

Twelve calves recovered; 5 held in K’pada

Kendrapada: The Derabish Police on Monday arrested five persons, including three drivers for illegally transporting 12 calves near laxminarayanpur petrol pump on the Paradip-daitary Expressway. The police also recovered the calves and three Tata Ace vehicles, in which the calves were being taken towards Chandikhol. Meanwhile, the police asked the RTO personnel to cross check the valid documents of the vehicles, informed Derabish police station IIC Niranjan Sabar.

Van Mahastov observed at Talcher Kaniha  

Talecher: Van Mahastov was observed by the Environment Management Group (EMG) of the NTPC Talcher Kaniha plant here on Tuesday. Chief guest NTPC Kaniha Group General Manager NK Kothari urged all participants to plant more trees to spread greenery and help in environment conservation. He later planted saplings along with schoolchildren at Stage-II township. Around 300 fruit-bearing saplings were planted. The station plans to plant 35,000 trees at Boadhbeda, Rengali and Angul during 2015-16 to increase the forest coverage area, said plant GM (O&M) Anand Khalatkar.