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Missing ODRAF Personnel Sitaram Murmu’s Body Recovered

Cuttack: 25/9/21:Body of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) personnel who had gone missing on Friday, after a boat capsized during a mission to rescue an elephant stranded in Mahanadi river near Mundali in Cuttack has been recovered.

According to reports, the body of missing ODRAF personnel Sitaram Murmu has been recovered from the river near Gumei Sahi of Kakhadi Mahalpada in Cuttack district.

Murmu’s body which was found floating in the river was recovered by locals.

Five ODRAF personnel and two journalists were on the boat when it capsized in the Mahanadi river Friday afternoon.

All others except Murmu had been rescued yesterday but one journalist, Arindam Das of Odisha Television (OTV) Limited, could not survive the mishap.

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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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