Gajapati lawyers to boycott lok Adalat Day
Paralakhemundi: lawyers under the Gajapati District Bar Association on Friday boycotted court work protesting a case filed by an ST woman against senior advocate Bata Krushna Patra. Advocate M Ram Gopal Rao alleged that the case is completely baseless and the medical test report has proved that the case was filed with an intention to harm Patra’s reputation. The association also warned not to participate in the observance of the National lok Adalat Day and to abstain from court work on Monday.
Police raid B’pur gutkha factory; 3 held
Brahmapur: Police raided an unauthorised gutkha manufacturing factory at Shanti Nagar under the Bada Bazar police station here and arrested three persons and seized some raw materials on Friday. The accused were identified as Prakash Das, Narayan sahoo, and Sarathi Sahoo. They were later forwarded to court. The unit was supplying gutkha from Brahmapur to other districts like Jharsuguda and Sambalpur.
Human Rights Day observed in Baleswar
Baleswar: The International Human Rights Day was observed here on Thursday. “Every human being has right to live with honour and dignity and the law is uniform for all. Some people had killed the democracy for their own benefits, but the human rights activities have strengthened the democracy,” said the guests at the function. Everybody should understand human rights values and their necessity, they added. Vigilance Judge Biswajit Das and Baleswar law College Principal Rabinarayan Panda were among those who spoke.
20 illegal lPG cylinders seized in B’swar
Baleswar: The Industrial police conducted raid and seized 20 illegal lPG cylinders here on Thursday. Three persons were also arrested and forwarded to court. The accused were identified as Bijay Behera, Manoj Nayak and Bhaskar Sahu.
JSpur Havildar, Constable body gets new office-bearers
Jagatsinghpur: The result of the District Havildar and Constable Association office-bearers’ election was declared on Thursday. Dipti Ranjan Ray was elected as president, Siva Prasad Puhan as vice-president, Sudarsan Behera as secretary, Premananda Barik and DK Bardhan as assistant secretaries and Soubhagya Nayak as treasurer. DSP Bamadev Singh was the returning officer. Around 550 association members of the district took part in the election, which was conducted before two days.
80 kg ganja seized: 2 held in Kandhamal
Phulbani: One cement colour Tata ACE vehicle and 80 kg of ganja were seized on Thursday near Nuapadar Shiba Mandira Chhack here in Phiringia. Two accused persons namely Kandri Charan Das (40) and Seikh Haider (22) were arrested by Itamati Police Station of Nayagarh district.