Police asked to probe interpolation of station diary
The High Court has directed the Bhubaneswar DCP to conduct an enquiry into a prima facie interpolation of station diary of Chandrasekharpur police station which was recorded in July 2008 pertaining to arrest of animal lover Sanjib Das by Cuttack
According to report, Das on July 26, 2008 had informed the Cuttack
Das however, had objected to his arrest and approached the HC complaining that his arrest was not made in accordance to guidelines set by the Supreme Court. While hearing the case of Das, the HC had directed the police to submit the station diary of the matter as Das' arrest was not intimated to his family members staying under Chandrasekhar PS in Bhubaneswar
Gangrape: Parties train guns on SCW chairperson
The Odisha Pradesh Mahila Congress (OPMC), the CPI, the CPM, the Forward Bloc, the Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have said if Panigrahi did not resign, the Governor should dismiss her.
Addressing a media conference here on Saturday, president of the State Mahila Congress Bijaylaxmi Sahu asked how did Panigrahi come to the conclusion in the report that the allegation of sexual assault did not arise. Describing her as an agent of the BJD, Sahu said when the inquiry by the Crime Branch and the judicial probe are yet to be over, how did the SCW chairperson jump to such a conclusion.
Sahu said if Panigrahi did not put in her papers, the Mahila Congress will submit a memorandum to Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare demanding her dismissal. She threatened that the Mahila Congress will also stage a demonstration in front of the office of the SCW on Tuesday, demanding Panigrahi’s resignation.
In a joint statement, State CPI secretary Dibakar Nayak, his CPM counterpart Janardan Pati, president of the State Forward Bloc Santosh Mitra, RJD State president Harish Mohapatra and SP State president Rabi Behera have alleged that the SCW chairperson has acted as an ‘advocate’ of the State Government.
In her report, the SCW chairperson had said that she perused the xerox copy of the FIR and found no allegation of sexual assault on the girl nor was name of any accused person in the report.
As per the FIR, relatives of the alleged victim found her lying half-naked in an unconscious state in a paddy field, Panigrahi said. A ligature mark of injury on the neck had been mentioned in the FIR. But the word rashi (rope) had been struck out, she added.
Panigrahi said the medical reports of the Capital Hospital
The SCW chief said surprisingly the guardians of the alleged victim remained silent about the incident from December 14 to January 7 without any justification. But all of a sudden they tried to approach many forums on January 7, she said.
Headmaster held for molesting Dalit student
A school headmaster was arrested on the charges of misbehaving with a minor Dalit girl in a residential school in Badampahad area of Mayurbhanj district. Bhandan Sevashram headmaster Krupasindhu Dalai (45) has been produced in the court and remanded in judicial custody on Sunday.
Police said Dalai, a native of Bahugram village under Udala police limits, allegedly molested the 13-year-old girl who is a student of Class VII. He, however, let her go when the cook of the school spotted him and raised an alarm.
A case was registered against the headmaster following the complaint of the girl. As soon as the news spread, tension ran high in the area as the locals besieged the school demanding dismissal of the headmaster and stringent action against him. They were pacified after the local officials assured them to look into the safety of the students.
JSPL-hit call Bandh Tuesday
ANGUL: People of the JSPL-affected villagers have called a dawn-to-dusk bandh on Tuesday demanding immediate fulfilment of their 20-point charter of demands. Expressing dissatisfaction over the decisions taken at the tripartite meeting on Friday, the villagers under the aegis of Praja Sangh took the bandh decision on Sunday. “We stick to our guns and the Sangh has rejected the decisions taken at Friday’s meeting,” said Sanatan Sahu, the secretary of the Sangh.
Sahu was critical that no help came in the way of the injured villagers even after 13 days since the violence broke out on the plant premises.
Even as the JSPL authorities have been publicly offering to help the injured villagers and bear all their expenses, help of any kind is yet to reach the affected villagers.
The people alleged that lack of administrative will had resulted in the deadlock as a result of which, hundreds of villagers, including women, have been suffering.
Meanwhile, the company on Sunday deposited ` 10 lakh with the local Sub-Collector for treatment of the injured villagers, said JSPL Executive Director Rajesh Jha. Another ` 5 lakh will also be released for the purpose.
The company, in a release, claimed that it followed the State Rehabilitation Policy of 2006 in ‘letter and spirit’ for providing jobs to the land oustees and the completely displaced families. It assured people to give them more employment opportunities as and when project works progress. It also assured to provide job cards within three months with the help of district administration.
On the land acquisition, the company said the matter was settled in 2008 as per the State Government’s rule and the decision of the Rehabilitation and Peripheral Development Advisory Committee.
The company also offered to engage in more talks with the people as agreed to in the last tripartite meeting to sort out the remaining issues.
NHRC to investigate 'custody death'
Ajay Kumar Biswal of Bankipada village underNilagiri Police limit was found dead in a paddy field near his house on November 24, a day after he was picked up by police for interrogation in connection with a petty case. His family members alleged he died in police custody at Iswarpur police outpost and his body was later thrown in the paddy field.
Akhand, a human rights activist from Puri, moved the NHRC on November 30, seeking fair probe, action against the guilty cops and compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the victim's family. "The commission admitted my petition and entrusted its DG (investigation) to inquire into the matter," Akhand told media persons.
Balasore SP Rajesh Kumar denied Biswal was tortured and died in police custody. "Though he was brought to police station for interrogation in a crime, he was not at all tortured. There was no custodial death. He was safely released soon after interrogation the same day," Kumar told TOI, expressing ignorance about the exact cause of Biswal's death.
10 tribal girls rescued from Bengaluru
KORAPUT: At least 10 minor tribal girls fromMalkangiri district were rescued from Bengaluru by a special police squad from Odisha on Tuesday.
The rescued girls, in the age-group of 12 to 18, belong to Maoist-hit Nalagunthi, Telrai and Sudhakonda villages of the district under M V 79.
Sources said the girls had been taken to Karnataka on January 12 by two men, who promised them jobs in Bengaluru with good income. One of them, identified as Balaya, from Bhadrachalam in Andhra Pradesh, has been arrested by Bengaluru railway police. The other man, identified as Suba Rao from Guntur
IIC (Malkangiri) Ram Krushna Pati said, "The agents had convinced the parents of the girls of better income at Bengaluru and a high standard of living. At the Bengaluru railway station, members of a voluntary organization suspected some foul play, and sought help from railway police to rescue the minor girls."
"The rescued girls were kept at a short stay home in Bengaluru. A special squad of district police brought them back, and they have been sent to the district's children welfare committee, for rehabilitation," he added.
Sources said the incident is just a tip of an ice-berg. "In many Maoist-hit areas of the district, parents often send their daughters to work in distant places, out of fear that they may be forced by the Maoists to join their organization," a social activist in Malkangiri said. "Traffickers are cashing in on the situation," he added.
Admitting the existence of such rackets, a senior police officer in the district said, "It's true that parents here prefer to send their children to distant places, to keep them away from the Maoists' clutch. Though it is very difficult to have a total check on this practice as the children travel with agents without informing the administration, we take action whenever we receive such complaints."
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