Youth’s body recovered from village pond in Tirtol
Jagatsinghpur: Police recovered a youth’s body from a village pond in the district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rashmi Ranjan Swain alias Dipa, a resident of Jaganga village in Tirtol block. Police sent the body for postmortem at the District Headquarters Hospital here. The deceased’s father Banamali Swain alleged that his son was murdered owing to an old enmity. He lodged a complaint at the Tirtol police station. Police started investigation and awaited postmortem reports, said Tirtol SDPO Deepak Kumar Jena.
2 held for deer poaching in Pallahara
Pallahara: The Pallahara police arrested two persons on charge of poaching a spotted deer and recovered deer meat from them on Wednesday. The deer was poached from Nandinipali village under the Pallahara Forest Range. After getting allegation, Range Officer Duryodhan Jerai along with forest staffs went to the spot and conducted an inquiry. They arrested Dutiya Naik and Sonaram Hasda. The team also recovered meat from the house of Dutiya and buried it at the Central Nursery, Pallahara in the presence of ACF Deogarh Peter Tigga.
Home Secy pays 2-day visit to Kandhamal
Phulbani: Home Principal Secretary Sanjeev Chopra paid a two-day visit to Kandhamal district on Tuesday and Wednesday. During his visit, he chaired a review meeting at the Collectorate here and asked the officers to work for the people sincerely. He also stressed on overall development of Putudi Waterfall for the tourists. The DSWO informed that a total of 14,721 SHGs are working in the district.