Trahi Achyuta Ashram in B’swar torched
Baleswar: The Trahi Achyuta Ashram at Ragda under Kharsahpur GP in Baghanaga block was torched by enraged villagers late on Wednesday night. local police station IIC Dayanidhi Dash later pacified the mob’s anger.
B’swar man held for duping land seekers
Baleswar: The Sahadevkhunta police on Thursday arrested a 50-year-old man residing in Baleswar town on the charge of committing fraud. Accused Kaliash Chandra Mohanty collected lakhs of rupees from people promising them to provide land but failed to do so. When they demanded their money back, he gave them cheques which were dishonoured in banks.
Jaleswar man held for raping college girl
Baleswar: The Jaleswar police on Thursday arrested a 32-year-old man on the charge of committing rape of a 19-year-old college girl and forwarded him to court. Accused Arup Pradhan of village Nimpur committed the offence in a lodge at Digha in West Bengal after enticing the girl on some pretexts.
Two held for killing widow for ‘witchcraft’
Rourkela: Two persons were arrested by the Tikayatpali police of Bonei Sub-Division of Sundargarh district on Thursday allegedly for killing a widow on Wednesday evening with an axe suspecting her of practising witchcraft in the village. After the murder, one accused had surrendered before police with the axe confessing to the crime. On Thursday, police went to the spot and recovered the body of victim Sita Kishan and sent it for postmortem. Then, police arrested accused Dasharathi Kishan and Baneswar Kishan.
Novel ‘The Day I Never lived’ unveiled
Jeypore: A novel entitled The Day I Never lived, authored by Rahul Taunk, was released here on Thursday. The novel is all about a young chap, whose fate was shattered after the second great economic recession in 2008 and how he later got trapped in the underworld and did all those things he never dreamt in life. It is a mixture of love, relationship, crime, etc. The book was jointly inaugurated by writer Rahul Taunk and his wife Megha Taunk and Principal of the Vikram Deb Autonomous College here G Savitri. The programme was hosted by Mohammed Ajmal Baig and Alok Agrawal.
Barbil Municipality holds Self-Govt Day
Champua: The Barbil Municipality observed the local Self Government Day with much enthusiasm recently. Municipality Chairman Dillip Mishra unfurled the national flag in the presence of Vice-Chairman labanyabati Sahoo, Executive Officer Prana Krishna Jena, Councillors and common citizens. They garlanded statues of Mahatma Gandhi and other great sons. Various programmes like distribution of fruits in the local hospital and the jail, plantation of saplings and inauguration of Self-Help Groups and Anganwari centres were organised on this occasion. Pami Mishra and her group presented songs in the evening at the Vikash Mahal here.
3 held for illegal liquor sale at Joda
Champua: Excise sleuths on Thursday arrested three men, Jitendra Kumar Mahanta of Kandra, John Munda of Talei Hatting and Manoranjan Naik of Kandra under the Joda police station on the charge of possessing and selling liquors illegally. A total of 13 litres of OSl and 9 files of foreign liquor were seized from them during the raids conducted by Excise Inspector Narendra Kumar Behera and his team on the direction of Excise Superintendent, Keonjhar Abhaya Panjar Sahoo.