Odisha deploys ODRAF teams to check forest fires in Simlipal aninews.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aninews.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BHUBANESWAR: The government on Monday decided to press Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) to tackle the raging forest fire while constituting a nine-member task force led by former principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) Sandip Tripathy to bring innovations to check future fires.
“The chief minister had directed to engage ODRAF all over the state to assist in forest fire mitigation. The government will take a call as to when their services will be used,” said Tripathy, who is the chairman of the newly formed task force.
The other members of the task force are current PCCF Jitendra Kumar, PPCF (wildlife) Sashi Paul, director general, Forest Survey of India (FSI) Pankaj Agrawal, representative of director general of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), head of forest and ecology, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad, P K Mallik, chief executive officer, Odisha Space Application Centre (ORSAC), J K Panigrahi, secretary, Odisha Envi
Odisha minor murder case: Accused addicted to child porn, had sex with corpse, reveals SIT chief
Odisha minor murder case: Accused addicted to child porn, had sex with corpse, reveals SIT chief
SIT chief Arun Bothra said the arrested youth, Saroj Sethi, is the prime accused in the in Nayagarh minor girl murder case. Bothra further revealed that Saroj Sethi was addicted to child pornography and would frequently watch child pornography on his sister s phone.
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UPDATED: December 23, 2020 08:44 IST
Though there is no eyewitness in this incident, the accused has confessed to murdering and assaulting the five-year-old girl. (Photo: Representational image)