POLICE – BOMB HURLING INCIDENT IN GANJAM; THIRTY ARRESTED
Manoj Kanta Dash/Pabitra Rout,Odishabarta
GANJAM:Atleast thirty persons(30) have been arrested by Beguniapada police on Friday in connection of bomb hurling in a cashew field on Monday morning around 7.30 AM. With the shocking incident one person was died, and two of them were very much critical, in a clash over use of lease- owned cashew field in Village Bhabinipur, Khadingi under Beguniapada Police limit in Ganjam.
Police suspects, during their ground zero investigation the opposite party hurled series of bomb to the group of lease holder and the clash took place and may be due political hostility of rival group and most of them locals and nearby villages as a result one man was died and two of them critical.
The locals said the jungle like others of its nature of right belongs to one Raja Patro and his associates who one of the influenced person of the locality which is being protested by the villagers many times in many ways.
Hundreds from other side including male and female of village armed with bombs allegedly attacked the lease holder’s men when they tried to enter into the jungle.
In such sensitive issue during lock down, SP Ganjam Mr Brijesh Rai visited the spot on the date of incident and instructed the officers to probe with immediate effect.SP, Rai entrusted many senior police officers including bomb defusing experts to get the probe of such life-death crime.
Following the instruction a team consisting, ASP, Thakur Prasad Patro, SDPO Aska Suryamani Pradhan and Ms.Seema Swain of Purusottompur,IIC Debasish Mohanty,OIC,Beguniapada,Dipti Ranjan Behera have started their marathon investigation.
Speaking to Odishabarta IIC, Debasish Mohanty told, using our intelligence input which help us a ton to identify the real criminals and in connection we have arrested 30 persons from both the parties.
The bomb defusing team and OIC Beguniapada Dipti Ranjan Behera have visited the cashew field and recovered 1 live bomb from the spot on Friday afternoon. Around 5/6 bombs they have used during the class.Police have recovered Pistols, live bomb and many arms and ammunition from different places under the police limit. The IIC, Mohanty further added that, the arrested persons on the basis their confrontation and the evidences which we procures are enough for us as best tools.
Police have registered two different case u/s.147/148/149/506/307 & 23/25 and forwarded to court in evening.
