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Acting on a tipoff about drug abuse in the picnic party, a team of police personnel raided the party, but they could not get anything related to establish the allegations.

As per reports, Agarwal, from Bargarh had procured rice from many rice mill owners in Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh and Boudh districts on credit. However, he failed to pay up the millers after losing Rs 80 lakh to betting.

In a preparatory meeting on the paddy procurement for this Kharif season which was held at the DRDO office in Bargarh on Friday, the farmers alleged that despite lifting paddy from the farmers, the government is yet to pay some farmers in the region.

On Thursday morning, the Income Tax Department officials conducted raids simultaneously at the mill, its office, and the residence of the mill’s Chartered Accountant.

With her death, Kumudini’s entire family has been wiped out within a week as her husband had died on September 6. 

Bansidhar Sahu and his sister Subarna Mahajan died after they allegedly consumed poison. The third member of the family, their mother Kumudini Sahu, who was also part of the suspected suicide pact, is now battling for her life at Sohela Community Health Centre (CHC).  

All the students reportedly had halted at Kantabanji railway station on Tuesday night. Sources said one person allegedly gave them some cold drinks after which the three of them fell unconscious.

The peddlers were arrested in a special drive launched by Bargarh SP to curb drug and illegal cough syrup smuggling in the area.

The jawan was martyred after a patrolling van he was travelling in met with an accident in Manipur on Friday night. 

His father works as a labourer and his mother Padma sells pakoras from a small space of the house. The family barely manages to generate an income of Rs 200 per day.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Maoists have called for observance of the 'Shaheed Saptah' from July 28 to August 3 and the poster has been put up by Maoist divisions of Bolangir, Bargarh, and Mahasamund areas.

Several wagons of a goods train carrying limestone reportedly derailed in Bargarh. There has been no casualty.

As per reports, Suna demanded Rs 300 each as bribe to prepare land maps from 11 persons. A middleman named Samadeb Banchhor, gave the total bribe of Rs 3300 to Suna for the job.

Late on Monday night, the accused barged into the victim’s house and allegedly stabbed his nephew, daughter-in-law and their son and daughter using a crowbar resulting in their death on the spot.

Simultaneous raids were carried out on the properties of Birabar Bhagat, the IIC of Gaisilet police station in Bargarh district, on allegations of possession of disproportionate assets.