Pramod Kumar Das

Enraged by the news, a group of irate villagers chased Anil and caught hold of him after three kilometers. After rescuing the baby, the mob thrashed him black and blue and physically injured him. A video of the viral thrashing has been doing the rounds on social media and has gone viral.

On intimation, police reached the spot and recovered the body for post-mortem. Further probe into the matter is underway.

Around 1 kg brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore was seized from a house at Milbadi in Station Bazaar area here on Wednesday during a joint raid by sleuths of Balasore Excise and Central Excise department in Cuttack.

A groom ran off halfway to his marriage venue on discovering that he is being chased by police. Such an incident has occurred in Soro area of Balasore district on Tuesday.

In a shocking incident, an ‘unconscious’ man was allegedly declared dead and sent for post-mortem at Bhadrak district headquarters hospital (DHH) here.

Reportedly, the tourists were from Sundarnagar in Gujarat and were on their way to West Bengal after visitng Puri and offering prayers at the Jagannath Temple. The bus they were traveling in hit a truck from the rear after the driver lost control over the wheels early on Monday morning.