News from Paralakhemundi

According to sources, both Bidyabharati and Behera have filed separate petitions in the High Court challenging Paralakhemundi SDJM court’s order asking the duo along with cook Manmath Kumbha to appear before the court.

While hearing the petition filed by the deceased ACF’s father Abhiram Mohapatra, the court directed the trio to appear before the court. Their trial will be held pertaining to murder and criminal conspiracy charges against them. 

As per Amat, 22,786 fire points have been reported in Odisha till March 13 this year, out of which 4563 are not from the jungle. Those fires are mainly from stubble burning.

While the police have seized the vehicle and detained the driver, tension prevailed at the spot after the BDO, who was inside the vehicle at the time of mishap, allegedly did not stop and fled from the spot.

The police stopped the ambulance carrying a patient and two of his relatives during a vehicle-check near Jodaamba Chhak. After searching the ambulance, the police found the contraband hidden in the vehicle.

There was no report of any casualty or damage to property. The tremor occurred at 9.46 AM at a depth of 5 km, the IMD said.

According to sources, the minor boy from Gurandi village under Goshani block in Gajapati district was rushed to a community health centre (CHC) by his family members after he fall sick.

Situated near Dolabandha in Parlakhemundi, the temple remains closed for rest of the year.

While AP vendors are making moolah by selling milk packets in Parlakehmundi, Odia milk vendors are incurring losses because of this.

Similarly in Jharsuguda, business establishments, government and private offices, banks and educational institutions remained closed while vehicular movement came to a grinding halt as the saffron party observed 8-hour, from 6 am to 2 pm, bandh across the district.

During searches, they found around 100 teakwood logs in the van. With no documents to support the source or ownership of the wood, the accused were detained for questioning.

But the diversity of practices in these Peethas and the numerous facets of the divine feminine Goddess archetypes who preside the every nook and corner, from a nondescript village to metropolitan town in the State, is what make it a thing of beauty.

DFO Sangram Keshari Behera and Manmath Kumbha- the cook attached to the deceased officer’s quarters- the Crime Branch had filed a 300-page charge sheet against Bidya Bharati in the SDJM Court in Paralakhemundi on Friday.

On July 11, Soumya Ranjan was found with burn injuries at his quarters and rushed to a hospital. However, a day later, he succumbed while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Cuttack.

Father of the deceased ACF has met the Crime Branch ADG and requested for reinvestigation of the case from the beginning.