Man gets lifer for killing wife in B’swar
Baleswar: The Additional District and Sessions Court-II here on Friday sentenced a murder accused for life. Harekrushna Behera of village Ayodhya under the Nuigiri police station had killed his wife Anita by hitting her with an iron rod on November 14, 2013. In another judgement the Additional District and Sessions Court-I convicted a murder accused and sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment. Gangadhar Mahalik of village Majhikia under the Chandipur police limits had killed his father Arjun Mahalik by hitting him with a wooden log over a family dispute on June 20, 2013.
Stolen idol seized; two held in Jajpur
Jajpur: Police on Thursday arrested two idol smugglers in Jajpur district and seized a century-old Astadhatu idol of Raghunathjew from them. “The arrested persons were identified as Jagan Ojha (28) of Bramahabarada and Raju Mahalik (30) of Barabati village. They had stolen the rare eight-inch-high idol from the Jagannath temple at Bramahabarada on February 21. Acting on a tipoff, we arrested them when they were planning to sell the idol,” said Dharmasala police station IIC Amitav Mohapatra.
Girl’s half-naked body found in S’garh
Rourkela: The Sundargarh police recovered the body of a young girl laying half-naked in a field at Sagjor village in the district on Thursday. After postmortem, it was revealed that the girl was strangulated. Police registered a murder case and kept her body in the morgue house of the Rourkela Government Hospital for identification. Police also found a cold drink bottle, three drinking water bottles and two pairs of female shoes near the body. Police suspect that the girl might have been raped and later killed. Investigation is on to nab the culprit, said Hatibari police station SI Ashish Sahu.
NTPC Kanhia holds cancer awareness camp
Talcher: The NTPC, Kaniha organised a Cancer Awareness Programme for creating awareness and better health among the rural people recently. Around 250 people including local people’s representatives participated in the meet. Kaniha Panchayat Samiti Chairman Ushabati Garnaik chaired the meeting. Medicine Specialist BD Sahoo, Specialist (Gynecology), Dr Puspanjali Nayak, Dr Poonam Tirkey, Dr Sujata, Dr Cathrin and Dr Jyotshna were also present. The speakers emphasized on the need of proactive approach about the disease of cancer and its preventive measures.