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Police officer was thrashed mercilessly by some angry locals

Balasore:16/1/18: A police officer was thrashed mercilessly by some angry locals on Tuesday going to pacify irate villagers at Kolama Chowk on Balasore-Mayurbhanj district border under Balasore Sadar police limits.

The injured police official has been identified as Haldipada police outpost in-charge, Sub Inspector Rajendra Nayak.

According to reports, a violent clash erupted between two villages, Kalma and Bankatira today. After getting information of the group clash Sub Inspector Rajendra Nayak, arrived at the spot to control the situation.

However, irate villagers ransacked the police vehicle and beat Nayak severely. Injured Nayak was rushed to a nearby hospital by the police personnel who had accompanied him.

Two other police personnel and two villagers were also injured in the group clash and have been admitted to hospital.

Meanwhile, two platoons police force has been deployed in the area and seven persons have been arrested.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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