BHUBANESWAR SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2012 | 5 Downtown/State Blind tops Rourkela bank ATM school Karlamunda, June 30: Braving all odds, visually challenged Ravikant Putel of Bhanpur under Narla block in Kalahandi loot cracked, 1 held has topped the school scoring Rourkela, June 30: Rourkela plices entered Bank of Baroda 401 marks in the HSC exam- police cracked the Bank of (BOB) ATM at 11 pm June inations, results of which were Baroda (BOB) ATM loot case 24 and attacked security guard announced recently. as it nabbed the prime accused Shiba Prasad with a knife. Setting an example for oth- from Chhend area here, Saturday. Later they managed to open ers, Ravikant has made his par- The accused, Arabinda Samal the ATM and took out Rs 12.59 ents Bhakta and Golapi Putel (25), was arrested and cash lakh from it after locking Prasad proud. Visually impaired since worth Rs 4.80 lakh was seized from outside the room adja- childhood, Ravikant was a stu- from his possession, police said. cent to the ATM machine. dent of Baburai High School. However, the other two ac- Thereafter, they fled the spot. Having lost 80 per cent of cused, both of them hardcore The matter came to light when his eyesight, Ravikant was criminals, are still at large. They Police got a breakthrough in the bank’s Senior Manager N provided with a scribe, Rajat have been identified and will the case after two special teams Kispatta noticed the shutter of Kumar Behera, a class IX be nabbed soon, said Deputy were formed under the direc- the ATM down while he was pass- student of the school, at Inspector General (Western tion of Superintendent of Police ing by. Kispatta lifted the shutter Jodabandha examination Range) Yashwant Kumar Jethwa (SP) Himanshu Lal. Samal, and was stunned to find Prasad centre.Ravikant was among in a press meet held at the dis- who resided at Koelnagar in locked inside the adjacent room. the two students who have trict police headquarters, Saturday. the city, was working as a Trainee While enquiring Prasad he came passed with first division in While Samal is a resident of Associate at Cash Management to know about the loot and lodged the school. Balibili area under Bari police lim- Services for last three years. a complaint in the Sector-19 po- Ravikant has credited school its in Jajpur district, his two ac- Working as a Trainee Associate, lice station. Rourkela SP Himanshu headmaster Durga Prasad Mishra complices were from outside the Samal was technically sound Lal, ASP Sudarshan Sethy, DSP and Santosh Kumar Mishra, State. The two have been resid- and had the knowledge of crack- RK Bhoi including Police representative of Bhawanipatna ing in Rourkela and were carrying ing ATM password and other Inspector Rashmi Ranjan Sahoo National Association of Blind, out criminal activities like snatch- technical details related to ATM. of Sector-19 police station were for his success. He wishes to pur- ing, loot and burglary. Samal with his two accom- present in the press meet. PNN The Trinity decked up in gold ornaments to mark Suna Besha at Sabar Srikshetra in Koraput, Saturday OP PHOTO sue higher studies. PNN Aunt, niece dead, Secy asked Cong, BJD workers to fill up CMC 2 ‘Maoists’ get life kin suspect murder vacancies come to blows Berhampur, June 30: Bodies Sasi and Pratima Cuttack, June 30: The Orissa term for kidnapping of two women were found were returning to the High Court directed Urban Patapur, June 30: In yet an- porters when the latter were from Kayan Nala, a dam at Development Secretary to other group clash in the po- sitting on a chariot. This was Malkangiri, June 30: A Fast Both Samarath Bisoyi took Suryamani to the forest at Dhepaguda village of Ganjam village by foot. But reply on the vacancies in nine litically sensitive Podamari followed by a scuffle between Track Court in Malkangiri gunpoint and kept her as hostage. they did not reach and Jagat Machha district Saturday. important posts of Cuttack village under Sanakhemundi them in which Santosh Saturday sentenced two fake pretending to be After two days, they demanded The deceased were identi- home that night. Municipal Corporation (CMC). block of Ganjam district, two Pradhan and Babula Bisoyi of Maoists to life imprisonment for Rs 10 lakh ransom from her hus- fied as Sasi Mallick (45) of Villagers of Hearing a complaint on persons were injured and two BJD were injured. their involvement in a burglary Maoists had kid- band. Apala struck a deal with the Ramdhia village under Konkia Jharipadar saw their the issue Saturday, the High vehicles damaged following As the news spread, a huge and kidnapping case. napped a woman of kidnappers that he would pay panchayat and her niece Court said the secretary will a scuffle between Congress and number of BJD supporters Both Samarath Bisoyi and Tankamunda village the ransom in installments. Pratima Mallick (27) of bodies floating in the be summoned for a personal Biju Janata Dal (BJD) mem- gathered at the spot with Jagat Machha pretending to be He gave Rs 1.45 lakh to the Jamjholo village under dam at Dhepaguda appearance in the court if bers Friday night. lathis and sharp weapons. Maoists had kidnapped a woman cused Ram Sagaria and Madhav kidnappers in first installment Digapahandi police limits. Saturday morning the said vacancies are not Two platoons of police Congress members fled the of Tankamunda village under Khila as both were absent dur- following which the latter re- According to sources, Sasi filled up immediately. were deployed in the village spot with the sight of a huge Mudulipada police limits and ing the hearing Saturday. leased his wife. The miscreants along with her son Pratap had After receiving the news, The High Court also di- to maintain peace, said Patapur number of BJD workers. Irate later demanded Rs 10 lakh ran- It may be noted that around also threatened Apala and his visited Pratima’s house at Pratap and Banamali reached rected the Health Secretary Assistant Sub-Inspector BJD members went on a ram- som for releasing her. They 12 persons including two family members of serious con- Jamjholo village Wednesday. the spot and identified the to apprise himself of the Babulal Roul. However, no page and damaged a motor- along with some of their other women armed with weapons sequences if they informed po- The same evening, the three bodies as those of Sasi and problems in the SCB Medical FIR was lodged by any of cycle and a tractor of Congress accomplices also burgled the barged into the house of Apala lice about the incident. along with Pratima’s husband Pratima. College and Hospital by un- the parties, said Roul. supporter Santosh Sahu. house of the woman. Swami Deshia Nayak at mid- The kidnappers also frequently Banamali went to Tini Gharia Suspecting foul play, they dertaking a visit and find According to sources, an al- Later, members of both Hearing the case, Additional night June 2, 2010. Apala was called Apala on his mobile phone village to attend a marriage filed a report with the police. out solutions. tercation erupted between the groups started pelting District Sessions Judge Prasanna not present in the house at that and asked him to pay the rest of function. Based on the report, The Division Bench com- supporters of Congress and stones and glass bottles at Kumar Karna awarded a life time. The miscreants threat- the money. But Suryamani iden- After the function, Pratap Digapahandi police registered prising Justices Bimal Prasad the BJD, when BJD sup- each other. The situation was sentence to both of them. The ened the family members of tified the phone numbers which and Banamali returned to a murder case (92/2012). Das and Madanmohan Das porters opposed Santosh Sahu brought under control after court also slapped a fine of Rs Apala of dire consequences and were used by the kidnappers for Jamjholo on their cycle while We have sent the bodies to also heard about the nagging of the Congress while he was intervention of police. 15,000 on each of them in de- looted Rs 47,000 cash and gold threatening her family members. Sasi and Pratima were re- MKCG Medical College and problems in the millennium trying to go through the It may be mentioned here fault of which they would un- jewellery from the house. They She lodged a complaint in turning by foot. But they did Hospital, Berhampur for post- city relating to plying of town crowd on his motorcycle dur- that there were several inci- dergo three months of addi- also assaulted some of the mem- this regard with Mudulipada po- not reach home that night. mortems and further investi- buses, renovation of sewerage ing Bahuda Yatra. dents of torching of vehi- tional imprisonment. bers of Apala’s family. lice. Based on of her complaint, Villagers of Jharipadar saw two gation is on, IIC of system and implementation of Later, a group of five cles and attacking each other But the court did not pro- However, Apala’s wife police lodged a case and arrested bodies floating in the dam at Digapahandi police station various welfare schemes for Congress supporters hurled prior to the panchayat elec- nounce its verdict on the in- Suryamani identified two of four accused. They were later Dhepaguda Saturday morning. Sitakanta Gantayat said. PNN city dwellers. PNN foul languages at BJD sup- tions this year. PNN volvement of two other ac- the 12 miscreants. Later they produced in the court. PNN Patnaik Minerals flouted rules KOLAB GEAR BOX STOLEN Civic officers reshuffled Bhubaneswar, June 30: The State Home and Urban Bhubaneswar, June 30: The Registrar of Justice Saha has not begun as it is manda- Power generation may stop Development Department effected transfer of many executive Steel and Mines Department Commission regarding the tory to convert it into non- officers of Notified Area Council (NAC) and Municipal through letters to the Revenue company’s ownership of a forest land before undertak- Kolabnagar, June 30: experts said. A huge amount According to sources, there Councils. and Disaster Management steel plant at Purunapani in ing industrial activities. This Residents here apprehended of fund will be required to are only four or five night As per an HUD notification, Paralakhemundi Municipal and Environment and Forest Keonjhar district. Patnaik is in contravention of the that power generation in Kolab make the unit functional watchmen to guard the proj- Associate Engineer MN Subudhi has been posted to Chhatrapur departments said that Patnaik Minerals has acquired 55.11 Forest Conservation Act- hydropower project in Koraput again, they added. ect, all of them in their 50s. NAC, Sameresh Mahanty to Sorada NAC, Thakur Das Hansda Minerals Private Ltd has vi- acre of land there. But mu- 1980, the letter said. An district would come to an end However, the departmental When contacted, engineers to Rairangapur NAC, Amiya Ranjan Das to Kharia NAC, Dilip olated many guidelines per- tation of 4.86 acre of land has approval of the Chief Minister as miscreants Friday night stole authorities have not lodged of the project blamed it on Kumar Mahanty to Baragarh Municipality, Alekh Bihari Parida taining to mining activities. been hanging fire. to take stern action against gear box used for operating an FIR with the police re- shortage of watchmen while to Talcher Municipality, HK Pany to Athagarh NAC and BK The letters said that a com- Similarly, mutation process the company was sought the gates of the tunnel. garding the theft till the re- the police said that they could Mahanty to Udala NAC. PNN plaint was filed with the for 5.25 acre of forest land through the letter. PNN The miscreants cut the ports came in. not take any action till an FIR gear box by a wielding ma- According to sources, it is the was filed. chine after breaking into the 36th theft from the Kolab proj- According to residents, the Father-in-law held for ‘rape’ tunnel house through its ect since 2005. Anti-social el- Government has lost crores Cuttack, June 30: Choudwar police Saturday arrested a man HC directive to JEE authorities wall. There is every possibility ements have also emptied eight of rupees due to lack of sin- identified as Jagannath Rout of Talabazaar area for allegedly that the gates may fall down godowns of the project. cerity on the part of both the raping his daughter-in-law. Cuttack, June 30: The Orissa related to the second shift and of DRIEMS from the current any moment which will stop However, no concrete measures police and the project au- The accused was later produced in court. He was sent to jail High Court Saturday directed lateral entry seats of the insti- academic year. flow of water through the have been taken either by the thorities. They would apprise after his bail plea was rejected. The victim in her complaint al- JEE authorities to display in- tute will also be uploaded in the The college had urged JEE tunnel and ultimately bring police or by the department to the matter to the Governor, the leged that Jagannath had raped her June 10. Based on her com- formation on increase in num- website, the court ruled. authorities to display these in- power generation to an end, check the frequent thefts. residents added. PNN plaint, police had registered a case. PNN ber of seats in some trades of It may be noted that AICTE formation on the counseling DRIEMS( Dhaneswar Rath has approved a proposal to in- website, but the latter did not Institute of Engineering and crease the number of seats in take steps in this regard. Management Studies) on its Mechanical, Civil and Computer Thereafter, the college author- counseling website. Information Science and Engineering trade ities moved HC. PNN Silpagram provides livelihood to tribal artisans Nabarangpur, June 30: Silpagram, tisans in order to boost the rural and unwanted shrubs. In case of a cottage industry unit at the dis- economy by promoting cottage a little rain, drain water submerges trict headquarters here, played a industry in the backward district. the road outside it. Khati added Good Samaritan for tribal artisans By the efforts of District Collector that they faced difficulties as rain- who used to struggle hard to Shibabrata Das, the handicraft unit water leaked through the roof arrange a square of meals. was established May 1 at the old where these artisans stayed. The unit that comprises a train- hospital building that had been Further, lack of funds is another ing centre and sale centres provide lying unused for last five years. A hurdle for development of tribal local artisans opportunities by in- showroom of Boyanika was set artisans. Due to limited funds, creasing their monthly income up in the building May 23 in order two artisans in each of the five level to Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000. to provide marketing facility to categories – paddy art, wood craft, Earlier, the artisans had to wait weavers. Later, a rural market of bamboo craft, tribal ornament for months to get their payment NABARD was built there to pro- and painting are being provided from private firms to whom they vide market for all types of items. training in a phased manner. used to sell their handicraft items. ORMAS is also providing marketing Ajit Samantray of Kalaniketan, The price they used to get for facility for the tribals. which manages the training cen- their items is also very meager. The District Industrial Training A craftsman busy giving finishing touches to a product tre along with ORMAS, said that However, according to Centre is working there for skill funds for at least six months are Hiranmay Khati, an artisan, the development of local artisans. Earlier, people had to wait for ucts. The Government is mak- required to manage the centre Silpagram has provided them Materials of wood craft of Mandei festival or State ing efforts to make artisans aware properly. When contacted, District enough livelihood opportunity. Chandahandi, paddy and iron Government-sponsored Pallishree of prices for their products, he Supply and Marketing Samiti They remain engaged throughout handicraft of Koshagumuda, tribal Mela to buy above items, but added. However, the atmosphere Chief Executive Officer Pradip the year and get proper price for ornaments, paintings and bamboo now visitors can buy all these of Silpagram is yet to attract suf- Mishra said ORMAS has pro- their labour. and lacquer materials of items throughout the year from ficient buyers. vided Rs 1 lakh to provide better The Government under its var- Nabarangpur and terracotta items Silpagram. According to Sadashiv According to Satyaban Khati, marketing facility to local arti- People lifting an uprooted tree from Salepur-Chhatia main road after a storm lashed Mahanga ious schemes is providing technical of Papadahandi are available at Munda, they can easily get raw ma- an artisan, Silpagram premises is sans. It would provide another in Cuttack district Saturday OP PHOTO and financial assistance to these ar- the Silpagram. terials required for their prod- filled with piles of gravels, wastes Rs 4 lakh shortly. PNN