Five police station IICs transferred in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: District Superintendent of Police Jay Narayan Pankaj on Thursday reshuffled IICs of five police stations on administrative ground. Paradip police station IIC BN Samal was transferred to the Kujang PS and Subhransu S Nayak became the new Paradip PS IIC. Balikuda PS IIC Balaram Nayak was posted in the Biridi PS while Ajay Kumar Muduli who was working earlier at Biridi was appointed as new Balikuda PS IIC. Kujang PS IIC Chinmaya Rout was shifted to the Paradip lockpada PS.
Dengue-hit JSpur woman dies in hospital
Jagatsinghpur: A septuagenarian woman, Kamala Swain, of Kurtanga village in the Raghunathpur area who had been admitted in the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack ten days ago after suffering dengue, died in the hospital on Wednesday. Panic has gripped the village after this dengue-related death.
Boudh Junior Engineer held taking bribe
Cuttack: GPTA Junior Engineer Muralidhar Rout at Kantamal Block in Boudh district was arrested by Vigilance officials on Thursday for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 10,000. Rout had demanded bribe from one Swadhin Mahakul of Nuapali village in the district for preparation of bill of a road work in Kantamal Block under NREGS Scheme. On Mahakul’s complaint, a trap was laid and Muralidhar Rout caught raid-handed by Vigilance officers at his Government residential house.
40 kg ganja seized; one held in K’mal
Phulbani: About 40 kg of ganja, cash of Rs 1 lakh, two bundles of cello tapes, a bundle plastic rope, a calculator and other articles were seized by police in Kandhamal district on Thursday. The cops arrested a person in this connection. The accused was identified as Raju Swain (24) of J Rampalli village under the Kodala police limits in Ganjam district. Another accused person was absconding.