Tag: Angul

  • Missing minor found dead in Angul, 3 detained

    Missing minor found dead in Angul, 3 detained

    Angul: In a distressing incident, the body of a missing minor, Sanjit Biswal, was discovered in Bareni forest, Tusar village, Kiakta Thana, after four days of his disappearance. The body was found mutilated, with no hands and legs, raising concerns of a possible sacrificial killing.

    Authorities are actively investigating the tragic incident to determine the motive behind the child’s death. The police have detained and are questioning three individuals, including a female worshiper of Mangala Temple, in connection with the case.

    The incident occurred in Bareni forest under Kiakata Police limits in Angul. The hanging body of the minor boy was found from the forest.

    The irate locals staged a road blockade and set a police van on fire, said reliable reports. The locals suspect that the minor had been offered as a human sacrifice.

    It is worth mentioning that the 14-year-old boy and his mother had made a wish and had vowed to spend the night at the Ma Mangala temple. The boy allegedly went missing in the morning.

    The mother searched for her son and then filed a complaint with the Kiakata police station limits in Angul. However on Friday, a few locals spotted the dismembered body of the boy hanging inside the temple and immediately informed the police.

    Today, a joint effort by the police and scientific team will further examine the circumstances surrounding the incident to unravel the truth.

  • Odisha: Elderly man killed in elephant attack in Angul

    Odisha: Elderly man killed in elephant attack in Angul

    Angul: An elderly man from Maranda village of Bantala range of Angul district was killed in an elephant attack. As per sources, the deceased ‘Jhatak Behra’ was attacked by the elephant while he was going to defecate.

    After the death of the old man, slight tension was seen in the village. The forest department has reached the spot and trying to calm down the people.

    A herd of 20 elephants are reportedly roaming near the village, which has put the village people in a state of fear.

    In a similar incident earlier this month, two women from the Bantala village of Odisha’s Angul district were killed by a tusker while another woman was severely injured when they had gone to a nearby jungle to collect mangoes.

    It is pertinent to mention that 10 people have lost their lives in elephant attacks in the district in four months.

  • Rain and storm: Orange alert issued for 11 districts

    Rain and storm: Orange alert issued for 11 districts

    Bhubaneswar: The Meteorological Centre here today issued an orange warning for rain accompanied by thunderstorms with lightning over 11 districts of Odisha.

    Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph with hailstorms very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Kalahandi, Rayagada, Koraput, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Angul, Boudh till tomorrow morning, informed the weatherman.

    Meanwhile, the people of the above-mentioned districts have been advised to keep watch on the weather and take safe shelter during the thunderstorm activity to protect from lightning and follow traffic advisories in urban areas. Harvesting of Rabi crops may be regulated judicially.

    Likewise, yellow warning for thunderstorms with lighting and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Angul, Boudh, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Koraput, Rayagada, Nuapada till 8.30 AM tomorrow.

    Similarly, thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the rest districts of Odisha.