Man held stealing Rs 2l from pensioner in bank
Baleswar: A man was detained by the Town police here after he was caught by bank staffs and others while stealing Rs 2 lakh from the bag of a pensioner in the SBI Main Branch on Wednesday. Town PS IIC Sarojini Nayak stated that two people were in the gang and one of them fled from the scene. They are professional thieves belonging to Ganjam district, she added without divulging their identities.
Koraput CSO held taking Rs 50K bribe
Koraput: Ballabha Chandra Dash, Civil Supplies Officer (CSO), Koraput, Jeypore, was caught red-handed in his office by the Vigilance police on Tuesday night for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 50,000 from P Sanmukha Babu, partner of Sri Dhanya laxmi Modern Rice Mill, Randapali, Jeypore, for passing his bills amounting to Rs 22 lakh towards custom milling, transportation charges, etc. Dash’s office chamber, residential house at Khariar in Nuapada district and rented house at lingaraj Nagar, Jeypore, were also searched. He was arrested and forwarded to court. Earlier, Dash had also been involved in a Vigilance case relating to seizure of huge cash detected during interception. The case is under investigation.
Kandhamal Junior Clerk arrested for graft
Phulbani: Kumuda Chandra Ojha, Junior Clerk in the office of Sub-Registrar, G Udayagiri in Kandhamal district, was caught red-handed by Vigilance officers for accepting bribe of Rs 2,000 from Manoj Kumar Samal of Kainjhar under the Tikabali police station for issue of an EC certificate for last 18 years in Samal’s favour. His residential house at Jakisahi, Baliguda, was also searched. He was arrested and forwarded to court.
7 hotels raided for using domestic cylinders
Brahmapur: On the direction of Ganjam district Collector, a sub-divisional level enforcement squad led by Sub-Collector Siddhartha Sankar Swain on Tuesday raided seven hotels here for allegedly using domestic lPG gas cylinders in their hotels. The team seized 24 cylinders and lodged six complaints in the matter. Swain said such raids would be conducted at regular intervals. Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department ACSO Sibaram Pradhan, Kailash Chandra Pradhan, MIO Ashok Kumar Mohanty, MI Jogesh Nayak and Pramod Mallick were present during the raid.
Deer poachers arrested in Baleswar
Baleswar: Two poachers were arrested by forest officials after seizure of cooked deer meat from their possession in Baleswar district. The accused persons Sankia Singh and Bira Singh were forwarded to court after being booked under the Wildlife Protection Act.
JK Papers bags safety award
Bhubaneswar: The JK Paper Mills (JKPM) ltd, Rayagada, bagged safety award from the Factories and Boilers Department at the State Safety Award ceremony held here recently. labour and Energy Minister Susanta Singh felicitated JKPM senior executive VP (Works) PK Suri with the safety award in five categories.
JSPl celebrates Naveen Jindal birthday
Champua: On the occasion of the 48th birthday of JSPl chairman Naveen Jindal on March 7, women of JSPl, Barbil Colony under the leadership of Shree Devi Suresha distributed 35 solar lanterns to the inhabitants of nearby Bentkarsahi and also distributed prizes among the students after conducting question-answer programmes at the Government ITI School and the Jindal Community College.