Baleswar man gets life term for killing wife
Baleswar: The Baleswar Additional Session Judge–II convicted a man on the charge of killing his wife and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on convict Sarat Jena of village Oupal under the Remuna police station in the district. Jena had set ablaze his wife by pouring kerosene on her following a domestic feud in 2017. But the in-laws of the deceased were acquitted by the court.
RI gets 2-yr jail for graft
Baleswar: The Special Vigilance Judge Court here convicting a Revenue Inspector (RI) on the charge of graft has sentenced him to undergo a two-year jail term. The convict was also asked to pay a penalty of Rs 3,000 and, in default, to undergo four more months of Imprisonment. The convict Kamalakanta Nayak (48) during his posting as RI in Consolidation Department in 2014, in Tihidi of Bhadrak district was arrested by the Vigilance police while accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 from one Bijay Sahu of Kubera for correction of records .
Ukrainian ship captain dies on board at Paradip
Paradip: A Ukrainian captain named Yudin Vitaliy (47) died on board a buck carrier ship, “New Destiny’, which was in his command, on Monday. It is suspected that he died due to a heart attack. The ship had arrived in the Paradip Port anchorage on March 7 and was waiting for loading iron ore fines. The exporter of the shipment is Rungta Mines and the vessel agent is Seatrans Shipping Pvt Ltd, said reports.