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Railway Protection Forceseized 91 turtles of four species from Rajghat railway station in Balasore

in Environment August 23, 2018 Comments Off on Railway Protection Forceseized 91 turtles of four species from Rajghat railway station in Balasore 1,129 Views

Balasore:23/8/18: Busting a major turtle smuggling racket, a team of Railway Protection Force (RPF) today seized 91 turtles of four species from Rajghat railway station in Balasore district and arrested two persons in this connection.

The two accused have been identified as Rabindra Pradhan of Bhogarai area in the district and Kartik Patra, a resident of West Bengal.Acting on a tip-off, the RPF conducted a raid and detained the two accused while they were smuggling the turtles to West Bengal. The railway police later handed over the duo to forest officials.

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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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