Tag: Belpada

Death of two in Keonjhar
Woman, two children found dead in house

Bolangir: Mystery shrouds the death of a woman and her two children whose bodies were recovered from their house at Kapani village under Belapada block of Bolangir district on Monday. The deceased have been identified as as Sunita Rana, seven-year-old Lisa and two-year-old Lokesh. According to reports, bodies of Sunita and her two children were […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
ATM loot
Prime accused in ATM loot nabbed from Kolkata

Bolangir: More than two-and-half-month after a sensational loot of cash to the tune of Rs 80 lakh from different bank ATM counters, the Bolangir Town Police  has finally managed to nab the prime accused from Kolkata. Police have also seized cash worth Rs 26,46,700 and 10 SIM cards from the possession of the accused who […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
migrant-labourer
Odia labourer dies in Hyderabad; kin allege murder

Bolangir: A migrant labourer from Odisha died under mysterious circumstances in Hyderabad. The deceased, has been identified as Bhajan Kata of Lathakenda village under Belpada police limits in Bolangir district. Bhajan had reportedly migrated to Hyderabad last month and died there two days back. His body reached the village in Bolangir on Saturday. Bhajan is […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
MLA
Patnagarh MLA forces govt official to do sit-ups; video goes viral

Bolangir: Newly-elected BJD Patnagarh BJD MLA Saroj Meher has stoked a controversy by forcing a government official to do sit-ups as punishment for alleged poor quality of road work near Belpada in Bolangir district. A video purportedly showing the legislator asking the official to do sit-ups in front of the public has gone viral on […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
Patnagarh
Despite serious charges, no Police action against Patnagarh MLA in sit-up case

Bolangir: Despite serious charges levelled against Patnagarh MLA Saroj Meher, who forced a PWD official to do sit ups in public, police are yet to take any action against him and others involved in the case. Following police inaction, family members of the Junior Engineer (JE), Jayakanta Sabar, have left Patnagarh and are currently staying […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Patnagarh MLA arrested by police in sit-up case

Bolangir: The district police today arrested BJD Patnagarh MLA Saroj Meher following his detention for allegedly forcing a Public Works Department (PwD) engineer to do sit-ups. Later, he was produced before the Additional District Judge (ADJ) court. Earlier this morning, the legislator was detained by the police in Nuapada and brought to Bolangir for questioning. […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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