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  • 4 critical in road accident in Balasore of Odisha

    4 critical in road accident in Balasore of Odisha

    Balasore: In an unfortunate incident, an accident has taken in Balasore district of Odisha on Saturday, said reliable reports.

    The accident took place near the Jagannath Rice Mill in Meitapur on National Highway No. 16 under Balasore District Police Station limits.

    A car collided with a truck, said reports. Furthermore it is worth mentioning that, four people were seriously injured in the accident.

    All the seriously injured have been rescued and admitted to the nearest medical center, said reliable reports.

    Earlier today, in a tragic incident, as many as three people have lost their lives in a fatal road accident in Jajpur district of Odisha, said reliable reports.

    According to available information, the accident took place near the Kadei intersection of NH 16 Chandikhol Chattia road in Jajpur.

    In the unfortunate incident, as many as three people on the bike died on the spot due to a collision with an unknown vehicle.

    The accident happened late last night that is on Friday. The yet-to-be identified deceased persons are said to be from Dharmashala area of Jajpur.

    The Dharmashala police has reached the spot and is investigating further into the matter. The bodies have been seized and sent for postmortem.

    Detailed report awaited in this matter.

  • Odisha DSP’s 2 Sons Arrested For Fatal Assault On Man In Bengaluru

    Odisha DSP’s 2 Sons Arrested For Fatal Assault On Man In Bengaluru

    Balasore: The Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar has cracked an App based online fraud scheme named ‘Cloud Fut’ and arrested one person in this connection on Friday.

    The accused has been identified as Nilesh Kumar Kar of Angaragadia, Balasore. The charges against the accused have been levelled under sections 420/467/468/471/120-B of IPC, read with Sec.66 (D) of IT Act/Section 6 of OPID Act.

    The arrested accused was produced before the Court under OPID Act at Balasore, and is being brought to Bhubaneswar on 04 days police remand.

    As per reports, the case was registered on the allegation of Mahamanya Jena of Sahadebkhunta, Balasore against the arrested accused Nilesh Kar, for inducing him to invest in a App/website namely ‘Cloud-Fut’ for earning extra money.

    Being induced by him, the informant invested Rs.2, 13,038/- by depositing the same in between January to March, 2023. When he was to get Rs.50, 57,117/-on his invested amount, as shown in the wallet of ‘Cloud Fut’, suddenly the website stopped functioning and the informant could not withdraw the amount.

    It is to be noted that the ‘Cloud-Fut’ is an online APP/ linked based company running a huge Ponzi/ MLM scheme fraudulently claiming to be a crypto mining company. It claimed itself to be a USA based company headed by some Richard Purcell. A video was also shown to investors in which this person (Richard Purcell) is promoting the “Cloud Fut” in English with American accent.

    Accused Nilesh kar
    It claimed and also produced fake certificates of RBI to gain the trust of investors. It was claimed that Government of India has made a 10 years agreement with “Cloud Fut”. It lured more than 80,000 investors across the country with a promise of multiplying their money in a very short period. At least 200 investors are from Balasore district.

    For introducing new members it also offered huge bonus/ commission. The policies started as low as from Rs 665/- to in Lakhs. Initially investors used to get some returns but at the end the App/ website closed. It was mainly running through Telegram Channel and Whatsapp groups.

    The arrested accused Nilesh Kar was the certified district head of Balasore. He showed the fake authorization letter from RBI and also the appointment letter of ‘Cloud-Fut’ as Dist. Leader to gain the trust. He was also promoting it through various means.

    Further investigation is on to find out the mastermind and top bosses of this scam.

    A Mobile phone containing many incriminating materials has been seized from the arrested accused. Besides fake authorization/certificate purportedly issued by Governor, RBI and also the appointment letter issued to the accused by the Cloud-Fut etc. have also been seized from the possession of the accused The investigation of the case is on.

  • Police rescue contractor kidnapped for Rs 40 lakh in Balasore

    Police rescue contractor kidnapped for Rs 40 lakh in Balasore

    Two weeks after kidnap and rescue of a contractor from Bhubaneswar, police have released another contractor from his abductors in Bhadrak district.

    Speaking to media persons on Thursday, Balasore SP Sagarika Nath said Nirabala Kundu, the wife of contractor Sibanand Patra, on Wednesday night filed a complaint at Talsari police station alleging that her husband had been kidnapped from near Chandaneswar.

    She also stated that the kidnappers demanded Rs 40 lakh as ransom to release Patra and she had paid Rs 5 lakh in cash and the rest amount in cheques.

    After registering the case, the police started investigation and came to know that Patra was abducted in a red colour car. Two separate teams, one of Cyber police and another from Talsari police station, were formed to trace Patra. While one team went to Mayurbhanj, another headed for Balasore.

    After tracking the mobile phones used by the kidnappers to make the ransom call, the police traced them in a hotel near Balasore railway station. During a raid on Thursday, the police rescued Patra and arrested the kidnapper.

    The kidnapper was identified as another contractor Suman Varun Dey of Balasore. Both contractors were known to each other for a long time, the SP said.

    It may be noted that Commissionerate Police had rescued a contractor from Bhubaneswar on March 20, two days after he was kidnapped from near his house in the city.

  • 3 students escape residential school for ‘torture’ in Balasore

    3 students escape residential school for ‘torture’ in Balasore

    Balasore: Three students, who had escaped from a residential school after being allegedly beaten by hostel staff, were rescued by local residents in Odisha’s Balasore district on Sunday.

    According to sources, the three students of Malikarjuna Sevashram at Alda under Bahanga block of the district escaped on Friday night. They spent the night in a farmland.

    On Saturday morning, local people found the students wandering on NH-16 near Nayakbandh. On being asked as to why they were moving in the area, they narrated their ordeal before the locals.

    The villagers informed Soro police who took them to the police station. They alleged before police that they had escaped from the school hostel after being beaten by the staff and forced to clean the floor.

    The police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the matter.

    More than 30 students in the age group of 6 to 18 study in the Sevashram. There have been allegations of their torture in the past, the locals said.

  • One person died due to gas cylinder explosion

    One person died due to gas cylinder explosion

    Balasore: In a tragic incident, a man injured in the cylinder blast has succumbed to the injuries on Saturday, said reliable reports. The man was being treated in SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.

    In the same incident, a newborn baby of 40 days was killed while four other members of the family were injured following an LPG cylinder blast in Odisha’s Balasore district on March 21, 2023.

    The mishap took place at Balaramgadi village of the district while the family members were busy preparing food for dinner.

    The intensity of the gas cylinder blast was so severe that the newborn died on the spot, said sources adding that other four family members sustained critical burn injuries.

    The injured persons were rescued by the neighbours and rushed to the local hospital for treatment, the sources further added.