IPL betting racket busted; 2 held in J’suguda
Jharsuguda: The Town police busted an Indian Premier League (IPL) betting racket and arrested two persons in this connection in Jharsuguda town on Thursday. A police team led by SDPO Nirmal Mohapatra raided the premises of one Harish Sahoo near Gosala Road rail crossing and found that the racket was being operated from Dubai via Mumbai. The arrested bookies were identified as Md Akil Khan of Tata Lane and Harish Sahoo of Malipara. They were later forwarded to court. Police also seized cash of Rs 6.80 lakh, seven mobile phones and some incriminating documents from the accused possession and launched a hunt to nab four other persons involved in racket, said Jharsuguda SP Bikash Dash.
GANJAM ARTIST MAKES 1-MM WOODEN STATUE OF JAGANNNATH
Brahmapur: Sand Artist Satya Narayan Moharana achieved a rare record in making an unbelievable one-mm-size wooden statue of Lord Jagannath. Maharana himself broke his own previous record. Earlier, he had made a statue of Lord Jagannath of size 1 cm to 2 mm and created records. He dreamt of making a statue of Jagannath of 1 mm size. He had made miniature images of Lord Shiva, Ganesh, Durga, Kali, Krishna, Ram, Laxman, Saraswati, Budha, Hanuman, Budhi Thakurani, Kandhuni Devi and set records.
SEMILIGUDA SCHOOL SHINES IN STATE KARATE
Semiliguda: Members of the Utkal Karate School, Semiliguda, performed well in the 33rd under 21 Senior State Championship conducted at the Utkal Karate School Bhubaneswar on September 18 and 19. While Himanshu Sekhar Panda won gold medal in under-21 male 67kg f category, Sachin Biswakarma got bronze medal in under-21 male 55kg category. The Koraput district team also secured 3rd position in the State medal tally.