Brown sugar worth Rs 3L seized; 1 held
Baleswar: An Excise Department mobile team on Thursday conducted a raid and seized about 30 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 3 lakh and arrested a 60-year-old drug peddler. The arrestee was Sk Jalal Uddin of Singarpur village under the Basta police station. The officials had conducted the raid at his residence. He was to be forwarded to court after being booked under the NDPS Act. Notably, on January 22, excise personnel had seized 23 grams of narcotics from one Anil Khatek of Kharagpur after carrying out raids in Jaleswarpur.
Student Police Cadet scheme launched
Phulbani: A Student Police Cadet (SPC) scheme was launched at the AJO High School here on Thursday in the presence of Kandhamal MP Pratyusa Rajeswari Singh, Collector Dr Brunda D, SP Pratik Singh, Additional SP Utkal Ranjan Dssh. SP Singh spoke about the safety measures and urged everyone to obey the traffic rules.
Pani Panchayat Fortnight held in Khordha
Khordha: A Pani Panchayat Fortnight programme was held by the Water Resources Department here recently under the guidance of Executive Engineer SK Behera. Khordha Sub-Collector Saroj Kumar Sahu, Central Canal Division Superintending Engineer Chinmay Ranjan Rout and Prachi Division, Bhubaneswar Executive Engineer Bhignaraj Purohit attended as guests. On the occasion, Sahu flagged off a chariot of Pani Panchayat and winners of different competitions were felicitated.
OKCL holds free health camp in Baleswar
Baleswar: The Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited (OKCL) and Lions Club of Baleswar in collaboration with the Kalinga Hospital, Bhubaneswar and Lions Eye Hospital Baleswar organised a free health camp here recently. As many as 150 patients were treated in the camp. Kalinga Hospital’s Dr Sarat Kumar, urologist Dr Manas Pradhan and orthopedic specialist Dr Srikant Mishra examined the patients. Lions Club president Sanjay Das and OKCL head Mayur Gputa coordinated the event.
Ganjam PEO held taking bribe
Cuttack: The Vigilance police on Tuesday caught Ganjam district’s Polasara block Sodaka Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) Kali Charan Nayak red-handed by for demanding and accepting illegal gratification of Rs 900. He was caught taking bribe from complainant Krushna Samal of Sodaka village in order to submit verification report towards release of artist pension in favour of Samal under the Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Yojana. His residential house at Inginathi in the district was searched. He was arrested and forwarded to court.
Rajgangpur EO, Asst Er held taking bribe
Cuttack: The Vigilance police on Monday caught Rajgangapur Municipality Executive Officer (EO) Mohan Charan Jena, Assistant Engineer Kumari Rajlaxmi and Work Sarkar Santosh Yadav for demanding illegal gratification of Rs 24,000. They were caught taking bribe from complainant Md Javed Raza, executant of the beautification of Baba Talab work, for passing first running bill of the said work. Rajalaxmi’s residential house and Jena’s residential Government quarter in Rajgangapur were searched. They were arrested and forwarded to court.