Rayagada is a district in southern Odisha, which became a separate district in October 1992. Its population consists mainly of tribes, primarily the Kondhs and the Soras. It is a home to Dangaria Kandhas, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribe Group live in the terrains of Niyamagiri hill ranges in Rayagada and Kalahandi district.
It is alleged that some people were harassing the mother-son duo and pressuring them to pay money that they had lost in betting.
The deceased, identified as Bharat Bidika of Ghantikhal village, was a Class 10 student of a residential school at Kopapadar village.
Notably, two motorcycle-borne miscreants had decamped with 3 kg gold ornaments and Rs 2 lakh in cash from a jeweller outside his shop in Gunupur of Rayagada district on April 26.
Speaking to mediapersons during his visit to Rayagada and Koraput, Tudu said, “The BJD government has never put in any proposal during Central Water Commission (CWC) meeting.
As per initial reports, the owner was opening the shop when the miscreants arrived on a bike and snatched the bag containing the gold ornaments and cash from him.
The IMD has issued a ‘yellow warning’ for thunderstorm and lightning activities in seven districts of Koraput,Rayagada, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Nayagarh and Khordha in the next 24 hours.
The incident came to the fore after the family lodged a complaint against the authorities of the DHH at the Rayagada police station.
The deceased couple’s severely injured younger son Srikant Behera and his wife Swapna Behera are still battling for life at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
As per reports, the mishap took place when they were inside the house. A fire broke out and engulfed the house leaving them critically injured.
Some members of the community took away the ballot box from the booth number-14 at Railima village under Sunakhanda panchayat in the district as a mark of protest after they could not exercise their franchise due to missing of their names from the voter list.
The tribal community members said they had been eagerly waiting for the moment when they would ink their left index finger.
Earlier on January 22, the five youths allegedly torched a truck at the road construction site at Budaguda village under Kalyansingpur Police limits of the district.
A total of 2,82,93,841 samples, including 68,239 in the past 24 hours, have been tested in the State so far. The daily Test Positivity Rate (TPR) now stands at 2.30 per cent.
With the Panchayat elections just a handful of days away, campaigning by candidates seems to have reached fever pitch in Odisha.
According to the deceased’s family members, Laxmi, 29, had migrated to Tamil Nadu in search of work in November last year.
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