News from Jagatsinghpur

On Wednesday, Sahu visited his uncle’s place at Gadeigiri and allegedly attacked his grandmother with a sharp weapon. His grandmother died on the spot. The exact reason behind the attack is still unclear.

Following the two breaches, the market at Tarikund has been flooded and knee-deep water was flowing on Cuttack-Jagatsinghpur road. This led to disruption in the movement of vehicular traffic for some time.

Once the rules are implemented at the temple of Maa Sarala, no devotee would be allowed to take polythene bags or mobile phones inside the shrine.

As per initial reports, the youth, who was said to be under the influence of some narcotics substance, entered the houses of the two women and attacked them with the help of a sword.

The objective of this swimming camp is not to prepare them for any swimming contest, but to make them good swimmers so that they, if, God forbid, face drowning-like situations at any stage of life, can at least save their lives. 

Naugaon police had arrested Sajan Das while he was trying to loot a house in Niali area. He was first lodged in Alipingal jail and then shifted to Choudwar jail.

Muktar Khan of Mulisingh area under Tirtol police limits along with his daughter-in-law and two granddaughters was going to a nearby hospital on a scooter. As they were nearing Chasapada Square, a sand-laden truck hit them. 

‘Kangaroo courts’ rule the roost in several parts of the state. Here we are talking about two separate incidents in which two families were ostracised by local villagers and committees in Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur districts.

Police arrested five persons for their alleged involvement in the attack. 

“Under the influence of a prevailing low-level moist easterly from Bay of Bengal and middle and upper-tropospheric westerly trough, an increase in thunderstorm activity is very likely over districts of Odisha during next 4-5 days,” said IMD.

Police have launched an investigation to ascertain the circumstances in which the incident took place.

As per his wife, there is no trace of Kuanr after he attended his grandmother’s last rites on April 17. Kuanr came home recently on leave for the last rites of his grandmother and has been staying with his wife in another village.

As per reports two bank lockers of Mohanty and his wife at Bank of Maharashtra and Punjab and Sindh Bank at CDA, Cuttack were traced and searched by the vigilance team.

While the identities of the deceased and missing students could not be ascertained immediately, it was learnt that they were from Bhubaneswar. 

Mallik has filed a written complaint in this regard with the IIC of the police station and has also sent its copies to the district SP, Odisha Police DG and the Chief Minister urging for justice.