News from Nabarangpur

He was detained following the registration of an FIR based on the written complaint by the Regional Manager of IDBI Berhampur Division, Swarup Dutta.

Two bike riders died in a reported road accident at Bhandaridanda village under Puri’s Satyabadi block. While the exact cause of the accident is unknown, their bodies and a badly damaged bike were spotted on the road this morning by the locals.

Call it government apathy or indifference, the Department of Water Resources has made provisions for the farmers to avail subsidised borewells for lift irrigation projects under the Biju Krishak Vikash Yojana only in the Union Bank of India.

A man allegedly stabbed his two-year-old son and an elderly woman to death at Gujumapadar village under Maidalpur Police limits in Nabarangpur district on Friday. Irate over the incident, villagers allegedly thrashed the accused following which he also succumbed in the hospital. 

Tilabati left her house on Wednesday saying she was going somewhere, and never returned. The next day, the family members and the villagers searched for her everywhere and came to know that she had been buried after being murdered.

Meanwhile, the Kundei police in Nabarangpur has arrested the Headmaster Sachitranandan Biswas, and assistant teacher Keshab Majhi on charges of sexually assaulting the Class VI girl.

As per initial reports, students of several schools along with teachers were on their way to attend district-level sports event when the mishap occurred.

As per reports, the bear pack included a female bear and two cubs. Following the intrusion, the students were asked to remain in their classrooms. Later, the school was suspended.

The officials arrested a wildlife smuggler in this connection who has been identified as Sanjit Pulasika from Dumaguda village under Koraput’s Dasamantapur block.

Dabugaon CDPO Gitanjali Maharana had a quarrel with head clerk Santoshi Mishra over some issue. The scene turned ugly when the CDPO allegedly lost her cool and pushed the clerk from her seat.

As per reports, Rout has amassed assets of more than Rs 5.21 crore which is 506 per cent of his known source of income.

The vigilance has unearthed over Rs 3 crore cash and five plots including four in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar and one ‘benami plot’ at Umarkote in Nabarangpur from the possession of Rout.

It is alleged that Rout, who is currently posted as the additional sub-collector of Nabarangpur, had shown undue sympathy to local contractors in awarding them jobs under the Bharatmala project and Amrit Sarovar project in the district.

The residents alleged that they were facing a lot of problems due to power cuts for long hours in the region.  The locals staged a demonstration for over three hours demanding immediate restoration of power supply to the region

The accused Naveen Amantya had allegedly killed his mother for money in March 2022 at Darubandhasahi near Nabarangpur town to which, his son, Raja Amantya was an eye witness.