y k y cm TOUGH TASK BJP AT IT AGAIN: GEHLOT FIRST QUANTUM COMPUTER Actor Adah Sharma says she never Raj CM Ashok Gehlot claims BJP is once again Chinese scientists ‘have created’ world’s first light- imagined that she would play playing the game of trying to topple the based quantum computer; far faster than a classical supercomputer a man on screen LEISURE | P2 state government TWO STATES | P7 INTERNATIONAL | P10 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 244 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 | 2020 12 PAGES + SUNDAY POST | `4.00 Children’s fate lost in files THE CASES OF MISSING CHILDREN FILED AT VARIOUS POLICE STATIONS IN THE STATE SOARED BY 75% BETWEEN 2015 AND 2019 GYAN RANJAN MOHAPATRA, OP However, the police failed to achieve in 2019 which was the lowest in the success in tracing out the children country. The state police managed to Bhubaneswar, Dec 5: The alleged kid- who went missing from 2015 to 2019, find out 1,490 missing kids out of 5,503 nap and murder of Pari, a 5-year-old with 2017 as an aberration. including 3,151 missing children in girl in Nayagarh district, has sparked In 2015, the state police was tasked 2019. widespread protests across the state, with a target to trace out 4,588 miss- Speaking on the issue, a top police Oppn leaders meet Pari’s forcing the government to set up a ing children including 2,781 untraced official said that police will intensify their Special Investigation Team (SIT) to children of previous years. But, the po- operations to trace more children after parents in Nayagarh dist find out the real culprit(s) of the lice managed to find out only 698 kids. the slowing down of Covid-19 effect. “We ghastly crime. However, the cases of As many as 1,901 children went will try to bring more awareness among BJP REMAINS ADAMANT ON CBI PROBE many other Paris have been gather- TOP FROM THE BOTTOM missing in 2016. Meanwhile, the police people and urge them to inform about ing dust at various police stations succeeded in tracing out only 589 mi- missing kids to the police force. This year, POST NEWS NETWORK the Orissa High Court. Patra across the state. IN 2016, THE TRACING RATE IN THE STATE WAS 10.2 nors in 2016 out of a total of 5,791 due to Covid no tracing operations also demanded removal of state The murder of Pari grabbed public PC— LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY cases that also included untraced 3,890 could be undertaken.” Bhubaneswar, Dec 5: Higher Education minister attention following the self-immola- from the previous years. The tracing The data indicated that Odisha Leaders of the BJP and the Arun Sahoo. “We demand a tion bid by her parents before the THIS YEAR, DUE TO COVID NO TRACING OPS rate was 10.2 per cent – lowest in the Police has failed to achieve the de- Congress party Saturday CBI inquiry into the case. The Assembly building. country. The cops performed really well sired results under schemes like thronged the village of the SP and Collector must be sum- A perusal of data reveals the pa- COULD BE UNDERTAKEN in 2017 registering a success rate of 84.4 ‘Operation Muskan’ and ‘Operation deceased minor girl in moned in the case,” said Patra. thetic performance of the state police per cent. The police managed to recover Smile’ to trace out missing children. Nayagarh, who was allegedly Chellakumar said, “The SIT in tracing out the missing minors. As In 2018, the state cops cracked 1,139 The rate plummeted 6,281 kids including 1,747 boys and In 2019, states like Kerala achieved abducted and murdered. has to be constituted and mon- per National Crime Records Bureau cases out of a total of 3,491 untraced to 27.1 pc in 2019— 4,534 females. tracing rate of around 94 per cent National spokesperson itored by a sitting High Court (NCRB) data, the state has been wit- children; success rate of 32.6 pc, again again the lowest in However, the success rate of Odisha while Odisha has continuously been of the BJP Sambit Patra judge otherwise the state gov- nessing a steady rise in the number of the lowest in comparison to other states the country Police started slowing down after 2017. remaining at the lowest position in and Congress’ Odisha in- ernment may misuse it. ” missing children every year. As many as 2,326 cases in connection the country. charge A Chellakumar met BJD spokesperson Lenin The number of such cases filed at with missing of minors were reported Various surveys by NGOs and other the parents of the victim Mohanty said, “Odisha didn’t various police stations in the state in 2018. The cops cracked 1,139 cases agencies sound an alarm that during and demanded justice. see Sambit Patra and spiraled by around 75 per cent be- out of a total of 3,491 untraced children the Covid-induced lockdown child traf- While the BJP reiterated its Chellakumar earlier in such tween 2015 and 2019. registering a success rate of 32.6 per ficking could have increased. As fam- demand for a CBI probe into sensitive cases. The govern- The reports suggest that as many as cent, again the lowest tracing rate in ilies lost jobs, kids from the margin- the matter, the Congress party ment is committed to give 1,807 missing cases reported in 2015 rose comparison to other states. alised section were bound to work in asked for the SIT probe to be justice to the victim. The SIT to 3,151 till the end of 2019. The rate plummeted to 27.1 per cent unorganised sector, reports said. monitored by a sitting judge of is working in good pace.” MAHANADI DISPUTE Victim’s body bore 16 injury marks PETROL, DIESEL IRREGULAR by MANJUL PRICES ON FIRE POST NEWS NETWORK CUSTODIAL DEATH CASE lines of the National Human Rights Odisha wants to Commission (NHRC). AGENCIES Puri, Dec 5: Giving startling rev- n Ramesh died due to severe “The body of Ramesh bore as elations, the post-mortem report injuries on his head many as 16 injury marks. Ramesh New Delhi, Dec 5: Petrol price ` of K Ramesh, who allegedly died n had died due to severe injuries on Saturday breached the 83 per in the custody of Baselisahi police A clot of around 250ml of his head. A clot of around 250ml litre-mark in Delhi for the first resume talks blood was found in the November 18, has stated that the of blood was found in the brain of time in more than two years after brain of the victim victim’s body bore as many as 16 the victim,” said the postmortem a rally in international oil prices injury marks. after he was picked up in con- report. forced the 13th increase in rates in Ramesh was allegedly beaten nection with a case under inves- Doctors who conducted the post- the last fortnight. Petrol price for interim relief to death around two weeks ago by tigation. The allegation is being mortem described the victim’s Saturday was raised by 27 paise per POST NEWS NETWORK the Baselisahi police, a few hours probed in strict adherence to guide- death as ‘fatal in nature’. litre and diesel by 25 paise, ac- cording to a price notification of No water cannon on New Delhi, Dec 5: The state of oil marketing companies. these protesters... only Odisha Saturday informed the Petrol price in Delhi rose to `83.13 lathi charge Mahanadi water dispute Tribunal FEAST FOR YOUR EYES per litre from `82.86. Diesel rates that it wants to restart negotiation went up from `73.07 to `73.32 per with Chhattisgarh, in the interim litre. This is the highest rate for application filed by it. Odisha is n Odisha seeks 1.74 million acre petrol and diesel since September Seeing red seeking 1.74 million acre feet (MAF) feet of Mahanadi water during 2018. In 16 days, the petrol price has of Mahanadi water during non- non-monsoon months gone up by `2.07 per litre and diesel monsoon months. rate has risen by `2.86. over Saffron n Next hearing January 16 According to officials, Uproar over naming new Chhattisgarh had released around PRICES IN BHUB RGCB campus in Kerala after 1.9 MAF water to Hirakud dam information related to Mahanadi PETROL: `83.76 (+0.27) RSS ideologue Golwalkar during non-monsoon months in basin has not been finalised by the 2019. While between 2014 and 2019, assessor yet. It has been submitted DIESEL: ` AGENCIES Chhattisgarh had reduced the flow that the assessor has fixed further 79.87 (+0.27) to Hirakud to 0.8 MAF. Odisha has meetings of engineers of both Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 5: been demanding 2.0 MAF flow of states from December 14 to 18. A controversy has erupted in Kerala water to Hirakud dam from Significantly, Odisha had ear- Haryana Min, who over the naming of the second November to May. lier pleaded the Tribunal to pass campus of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for The state has submitted in the order in the interim application. participated in Biotechnology (RGCB) here after Tribunal that it wants to hold an- It is to be mentioned here that late Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh other round of talks with Odisha in 2018 filed an interim ap- vax trial, tests +ve (RSS) ideologue MS Golwalkar. Chhattisgarh to explore further plication in the Mahanadi Tribunal Both ruling CPI- possibilities of amicable settle- seeking directions to Chhattisgarh M and opposition ment.