Ganja plants worth Rd 12 cr destroyed in K’mal
Phulbani: Excise and police personnel jointly conducted raids in some villages in Kandhamal district and destroyed about 1,10,000 ganja plants, worth over Rd 12 crore, on 110 acres of land on Monday. Raids were conducted at Bhursisahi, Gododapa, Pipalpada, Kailamba, Balkidadi and Tilakpadi villages of Kelapada GP under the Phiringia PS. About 100 officials and labourers were engaged.
Model PS inaugurated at Phulbani
Phulbani: A Model Police Station was inaugurated here through a videoconferencing by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik from Bhubaneswar. Phulbani MLA Duguni Kangar, Kandhamal district Collector Dr Brunda D, SP Pratik Singh, Additional SP Utkal Keshari Das and ADM Basant Sahu were present at the police station.
Missing worker found dead in Paradip
Paradip: A body of a youth was found near Iffco Chhak here under the Essar Steel plant conveyer belt line on Tuesday. The body was identified as that of Ajay Palei of Chandabali of Bhadrak district, who was working as a contract labourer in the Iffco fertilizer plant. An FIR in the case was lodged at the Paradip police station. The youth was missing from Monday night. Police suspected that it might be a murder case and have, accordingly, started investigation.
Paradip PS declared as Model Police Station
Paradip: The Paradip police station was declared as a Model Police Station by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik through a videoconferencing on Monday. For this, a function was organised at the police station. Jagatsinghpur SP R Prakash, district Collector Yamini Sarangi, Paradip ADM Dr Kahnu Charan Dhir, PPT Chairman Renkesh Ray and Municipality Chairman Basanta Kumar Biswal graced the meeting as guests. In the Model PS, armed policemen, cyber crime investigators and other modern technologies would be available. ASP Bishnu Charan Mishra and IIC Rajani Kanta Samal coordinated the programme.
DLSA observes Law Day in Bargarh
Bargarh: The Bargarh District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) observed the Law Day at the court conference hall here under the chairmanship of its Secretary Subash Chandra Dhala. District Judge Sudipta Acharya was chief guest and Family Court Judge Ashwini Kumar Nayak and Deputy Superintendent of Police Ugresan Pradhan were guests of honour. They spoke about the rights and responsibilities of the general public. Among others, Government Advocate Debadatta Mishra, social workers and lawyers took part in the meet.
Constitution Day observed in Umarkote
Umakote: The Umarkote Taluk Legal Aid Committee organised a seminar on the Constitution Day (National Law Day) here on Monday. Chief guest committee chairman and ADJ Dr Anil Kumar Dutta spoke about the importance of the day and mentioned the contributions of Dr BR Ambedkar as the Constitution Drafting Committee Chairman. Among others, Umarkote Sub-Judge Smrutilekha Barik, JMFC Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak, Umarkote Bar Association president Prasant Kumar Sahu, senior lawyer Arun Patnaik, Srinbash Patnaik, BK Patro, Bipin Hial and Monohar Mohanty were present.
Man run over by tanker in Jajpur
Jajpur: A person was run over by a tanker while he was crossing the road near the Jarka bus-stand under in Jajpur district on Tuesday. The identity of the deceased, aged around 45 years, was yet to be ascertained. When he was crossing the road after getting off a bus at ound 11.55 am, the speeding tanker ran over him, killing him on the spot. The driver of the tanker absconded after incident. Police reached the spot, sent the body for postmortem and started an investigation into the incident.