Police station torched over 'involvement' of cops in ganja smuggling in Odisha
Phulbani (Odisha), Aug 5: An irate mob in Odisha's Kandhamal district on Saturday set a police station on fire during a protest against the alleged involvement of policemen in smuggling of ganja, a senior officer said.
Some police personnel were injured in the incident that took place at Phiringia Police Station when the local people went there, accusing some inspectors of "being involved in the smuggling" of contraband, and torched the PS.
They ransacked the police station's furniture and burnt down several documents, Southern Range IG Satyabrata Bhoi said.
Locals also blocked the Phulbani-Phiringia-Baliguda road for hours, demanding action against the inspector-in-charge of the police station and some other personnel allegedly "being involved in the smuggling of ganja", a narcotics substance.
Some police personnel, who went to the road blockade site to talk to the agitators, were also chased away, another officer police said.
Bhoi said, "A group of people entered the Phiringia Police Station, ransacked furniture there and set the PS on fire. Some police personnel were injured in the incident."
The allegation against the local inspector-in-charge and two other policemen will be properly probed, he said.
A large contingent of police was sent there to control the law and order situation and the Kandhamal SP along with force was on his way to Phiringia, he said.
"Some ganja peddlers are suspected to have been involved in the violence at the Phiringia Police Station. The situation is now under control," Bhoi said.
The agitators claimed that the smuggling of ganja was brought to the notice of senior police officers but "no action was taken against the inspector-in-charge and two other police personnel who were caught by villagers of Kambaguda along with the smuggled ganja from a police van".
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
