Maoists surrender

Bhubaneswar: A total of 145 Maoist supporters surrendered before Malkangiri SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra on Saturday. They were working for Kalimela dalam of the banned outfit. This comes a day after some 50 Maoists torched a contractor’s camp and killed a man by slitting his throat at Bhitarakota village in Koraput district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Jayaram Khila, the supervisor of the camp. The rebels also set on fire two trucks, a tractor and a tipper. 

Exchange help

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday asked its MLAs and party functionaries to help people in the rural areas to exchange their old notes in the banks. Naveen, in a letter to them, said since many people in these areas were still illiterate, they would not be able to fill up the form mandatory for exchanging old notes. Naveen has suggested forming five-member BJD teams in each panchayat to help people.

Cash seized

Bhubaneswar: Saheed Nagar police recovered cash worth Rs 27 lakh, all in the scrapped denomination currency notes, from a car late on Saturday evening and arrested two persons identified as Sumanta Pradhan and Mamta Behera. Both of them are from Puri. The police are trying to get hold of another person. The cops acted on a tip off to seize the cash.

Brown sugar

Balasore: The excise department on Saturday raided several places in the district and seized 25gm brown sugar. They have also arrested two persons — Sk Tajuddin and Sk Ahktar Hussain — and forwarded them to court.