Woman’s body found in sack in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: A dead body of a woman was found packed inside a sack under suspicious circumstances near Kundala village under the Raghunathpur police limits in Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday. Though the deceased’s identity was yet to be ascertained, police suspected that she was murdered as her hands and legs were tied. locals had spotted the sack near road in the morning and informed police about it. Cops seized the body, sent it for postmortem and started investigation. It was also suspected that she was killed somewhere else and the body was dumped near the village.
Woman, daughter drown in river in R’gada
Rayagada: In a tragic incident, a woman and her daughter died after they drowned in river Bansadhara in Rayagada district on Tuesday. The mishap took place while the duo was taking bath in the river near the Minajhola Shiva temple in Gunupur and got swept away by a strong current. Though the identities of the deceased were yet to be established, they reportedly hailed from the Hadabhangi area of Gajapati district. locals initially spotted the two bodies floating in the river. later, Fire Services personnel fished out the bodies.
NTPC Kaniha bags 1st prize in NBEM Assessment
Talcher: The NTPC Talcher Kaniha has bagged first prize in NTPC Business Excellence Model (NBEM) Assessment 2016-17. The award was given by Union Minister Power and New and Renewable Minister RK Singh at a programme held in New Delhi on Tuesday. Regional Executive Director, (ER II) RK Srivastava and NTPC Kaniha Executive Director Ram Kuber received the award. Among others, NTPC limited CMD Gurdeep Singh was present. The award was conferred to NTPC Talcher Kaniha power station as recognition for excellence on selected parameters like strategy, operational performance, safety, HR, environment and CSR.
72.5 kg ganja seized; two held in Tarbha
Tarbha: The Tarbha police on Monday arrested two persons while they were transporting illegal ganja at Telaimal Square. The arrestees were identified as Satyajeet Bahgar (24) and Rajendra Rajhans (20) of Boudh district. The police seized 72.5 kg of ganja, a mobile phone and a Bolero from their procession. Tarbha police station IIC SB Chatriya said SI Rabindra Sahu, ASI Nabin Sahu, two Constables and two Home Guards conducted the raid and arrested the accused, who were forwarded to the Sonepur District Court.