Land Grabbing Case Against OTV: Six Members Quit Women Development Panel

By
OB Bureau

Khurda: Trouble seems to be mounting the Odisha Television (OTV) Ltd with the resignation of two office bearers and four members of the Sarua Women Development Committee in Khurda district.

The Sarua Women Development Committee was founded as part of OTV’s CSR activities.

The six members, including committee president Jayanti Sahoo and treasurer Rashmita Mahabhoi, have sent their resignation to OTV MD Jagi Mangat Panda, citing that the company had purchased rayati lands belonging to Scheduled Caste persons of Sarua village on false promises.

It may be mentioned that the people of Sarua, Jayamangal and Goudaput villages in Begunia tehsil had staged a demonstration at the office of the Khurda collector on September 26 and sought his intervention to make the area free from encroachment.

The villagers had alleged that the OTV MD and other employees of the company had purchased the land a few years back after luring the villagers with false promises. Later, they constructed buildings, boundary, pond and road grabbing the adjoining farmland of the villagers.

Acting on the complaints, a case was registered at the Baghamari Police Station under section 447, 506, 34IPC and 3(1) (f) (g) 2 (va) SC/ST PA Act against OTV MD, her father and brother.

This was followed by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department writing to the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Crime Branch for an investigation into the sale of lands owned by the Scheduled Caste persons in favour of Odisha lnfra Tech Pvt Ltd through Benami transaction through Rabindra Kumar Sethy, a former driver of ORTEL Communications, a sister concern of OTV.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Cricket, Queen Of Hearts, Social Media & The Big Rohit-Virat Question

Off with his head', orders the Queen of Hearts and off goes a head. The…

November 5, 2024

Canadian Cop Suspended For Protesting Outside Hindu Temple Holding Pro-Khalistani Flag

Ottawa: A Canadian cop, identified as Sergeant Harinder Sohi—a Peel Regional Police officer— was reportedly…

November 5, 2024

Miscreants Kill Woman After Tying Husband To Tree In Odisha’s Koraput

Koraput: In a shocking incident, A woman was allegedly killed after the assailants tied her…

November 5, 2024

Delhi-Bound Flight Receives Bomb Threat Before Takeoff From Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Passengers were de-boarded and frisked at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar after…

November 5, 2024

Speeding Car Uproots Traffic Post After Crash In Bhubaneswar; 2 Injured

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were severely injured when the car in which they were travelling crashed…

November 5, 2024

Seek Apology In Temple Or Pay Rs 5 Cr: Fresh Threat To Actor Salman Khan

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Salman Khan has once again received a threat allegedly from the Larence…

November 5, 2024

Former Odisha Congress MLA Passes Away at 42

Bhubaneswar: Former Congress MLA from Laxmipur (Koraput), Purna Chandra Majhi, passed away while undergoing treatment…

November 5, 2024

Will Donald Trump Defeat Kamala Harris? Know What A Hippo In Thailand Predicted [Watch]

Thailand: In Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo, a pygmy hippo—Moo Deng—‘predicted’ that Republican candidate Donald…

November 5, 2024