News from Jajpur

As for the rampant sand loot, Subhendu Kumar Samal, ADM (Revenue) of Jajpur said, “The issues related to sand leasing and mining are the lookout of the steel and mines department. The deputy director of minor minerals will look into that. I will tell the deputy director of minor minerals to take up the issue with the district-level committee.” 

As per reports, Samal suffered a brain haemorrhage on Wednesday night. Since then he was undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital. A special team of doctors was engaged in his treatment.

Following the incident, the lady sarpanch and her husband were first taken to Mangalpur community health centre and later shifted to the district headquarters hospital.

Women of a Self-help Group (SHG) in the Charinagala area withdrew cash worth Rs 4 lakh from a bank on January 4. On their way back home, when they reached Balichandrapur bazaar, unidentified persons came on a bike and snatched away the bag containing the cash. 

Intake of sugar-rich or high carbohydrate food like rice is a prohibition for them. However, a special kind of rice with lower levels of carbohydrates is available in the market. 

The detained middleman has been identified as Himansu Das, a resident of Pataranga under Korei Police limits in Jajpur. He works as the marketing manager of the said hospital. 

Government counsel Prakash Das said that the court had granted a five-day remand to the STF from December 19 to December 24 for custodial interrogation. The STF produced him in the court at 5 pm on Saturday  

Over a dozen of them started a marathon towards Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik's residence Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar after the two-month-long protest by locals demanding renovation of the stadium cut no ice with the district administration. 

As per reports, the garments and furniture of Gopal Chandra Sahu’s house in Govindpur village are allegedly catching fire in the last few days without any reason. The ‘spontaneous fire’ has not only resulted in the loss of property, it has forced the locals to call a black magician to prevent such a phenomenon.

Prahllad Nayak, a resident of Purunapani died in an accident on December 7. Police were clueless about the death. The family members of the deceased brought the body from the hospital and later buried it. The post-mortem of the body was not conducted.

With the district administration turning a deaf ear to the demand to stop sand transportation on the road, the agitating women of Markandapur and Kamalpur villages continued their roadblock by erecting a fence in the middle of the road.

Tension prevailed on the premises of Panikoili Government School in Jajpur district, where the exam for the National Means cum Merit Scholarship 2023 (NMMS) was held, after the parents of the examinees created ruckus, alleging ‘discrepancies’ in question papers. 

An elephant, after separation from its herd, strayed into Dasrathpur some days ago. The animal was first spotted causing havoc in paddy and vegetable fields in Kuanrpur. As it went on a damaging spree, people panicked and fumed over large-scale damages to crops. They sought help from the Forest Department.

As per reports, the family from Bhadrak was going to Puri in an auto-rickshaw to avail darshan of Lord Jagannath when the mishap occurred.

The skeletons were recovered and sent to the district headquarters hospital in Jajpur town for post-mortem.