Man found dead in B’pur temple premises
Brahmapur: The body of an unidentified man was recovered from the premises of a temple near Mentu Chhak under the Bada Bazar police station in Brahmapur town on Thursday. The deceased was found lying in a pool of blood with two bricks lying near the body. It is suspected that he was bludgeoned to death. The person’s identity was yet to be established, till last reports came in. Police have sent the body for postmortem and started an investigation to ascertain the motive behind the crime.
130 kg ganja seized; 2 held in Gajapati
Paralakhemundi: Police have launched a massive crackdown against the ganja smugglers in Gajapati district on the instructions of Superintendent of Police Tapan Kumar Patnaik. In a raid on the residence of a person of Gamusahi of Anuguru panchayat under the R Udaygiri police station, police seized 130 kg of the contraband and arrested two persons in this connection. The accused were identified as Samson Majhi and his associate Alio Majhi. Later, the seized ganja was weighed in the presence of Nuagad Assistant Tehsildar AK Pradhan. A case was lodged at the R Udaygiri police station.
Hyena found dead near Balangir railway track
Balangir: Much to the dismay of animal lovers, a hyena was found dead near railway tracks at Karuanjhar village under the Lathore forest range in Balangir district this morning. The nocturnal animal is believed to have been died after being hit by a train. The exact cause of death would be known after autopsy, said a forest official. “Earlier, we had informed railway authorities about the movement of wild animals in this railway section,” said Lathore Forest Range Officer Prabhati Seth.
Ideal teacher of Bhapur passes away
Bhapur (Nayagarh): Panchanan Sethi, an ideal teacher of Nandabar village under Bhapur block’s Karabar grama panchayat ub Batagarg district, died due to cardiac arrest on Wednesday. He was 69. Many noted persons of the area visited Sethi’s house and paid last respect to him. His body was cremated at village graveyard. His eldest son Biranchi Nayaran lit funeral pyre. Bhapur block Vice-Chairman Gayadhar Parida mourned his death.
Rs 2L looted in front of bank in K’jhar
KEONJHAR: Unidentified miscreants looted more than Rs 2 lakh from a person in front of the DCB Bank in Keonjhar town on Thursday.Jajati Behera, a trader, had come to the bank in a car with his brother for depositing money. He was carrying a bag containing Rs 10 lakh.
Jajati took out Rs 7.7 lakh from the bag and went inside the bank leaving Rs 2.3 lakh in the possession of his brother.Moments later, three bike-borne miscreants stopped near the vehicle and had a conversation with Jajati’s brother. Soon later, one of the looters picked up the bag containing the cash from the car and the trio fled the spot.
A complaint in this regard was lodged with the Keonjhar town police and efforts were on by cops to trace and nab the robbers.