K’mal man gets 7-yr jail for raping MDM cook
Phulbani: Special Fast Track Court Judge AN Maharana on Tuesday sentenced one Thomas Digal of Majamaha village under the Raikia police station in Kandhamal district to seven years of imprisonment for raping a woman MDM cook of the Tiangia High school in July, 2014. The Judge also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Digal, who will spend two months more in jail if he fails to pay the fine amount. Digal raped the woman in the school campus when she had gone to clean the kitchen.
Youth held for raping minor in K’pada
Kendrapada: A 20-year-old ITI pass-out youth has been arrested for raping a minor girl on Saturday night. According to police sources, Prasant Mallick of Madhuban village allegedly asked the girl of his
village to come outside of her house. But when she did not oblige,
Mallick forcibly entered into her house and raped her. The family
members of the girl caught hold of the youth when the girl shouted for
help. The girl on Monday lodged an FIR at the Ali PS. Mallick was produced before the JMFC Court of Ali on Tuesday, informed PS IIC Nilakantha Prasad Patra.
College principal, clerk held for taking bribe
Bargarh: Vigilance police on Wednesday arrested Kanan Bihari Pattnaik, Principal-in-Charge and Radha Mohan Khamari, Clerk of the Shree Jagannath College at Baunsuni in Subarnapur district for demanding and accepting graft of Rs 1,200 from a student to supply +2 Arts original Provisional Certificate-cum-Mark Sheet to him. Complainant Damodar Nag of Jarajaring had passed the examination under correspondence course. Vigilance police laid a trap and caught both Pattnaik and Khamari red-handed while taking the bribe from Damodar in the Principal’s office.
63-KV transformer inaugurated in J’suguda
Jharsuguda: Jharsuguda MlA Naba Kishore Das inaugurated a 63-KV transformer at Majhapara village here on Monday. The fund for the electrical device was provided by the MCl. Congratulating the residents, MlA Das said with the installation of the high-capacity transformer, power supply to the area would be improved. Senior Congress leaders BS Pati and Sidharth Sarkar were present, among others.