Demanding house for self, Odisha man keeps school under siege for 5 days
Rourkela (Odisha), Sep 25: Demanding a house and other property for himself from the government, a man in Odisha’s Sundargarh district has kept a school under siege for five days and injured three people with arrows and stones for coming close to him, an officer said.
The authorities needed 60 personnel of the police, fire brigade and district voluntary force, besides a drone camera and an iron mesh to capture him on Wednesday evening.
The tribal man, a resident of Phuljhar village, was arrested and taken to the local police station.
He used his bow and arrow and a slingshot to injure two policemen and the school headmaster, respectively, since Saturday afternoon when he virtually took over the three-storied building.
The school was not functioning from Monday and students were attending classes in a nearby institute.
With a bow and arrows, a slingshot and stones, Dhani Munda has been staying on the terrace of the Badjal Government Primary School under the jurisdiction of Mahulpada police station.
He dropped a piece of paper writing his demands on it when the police through public address system asked him what he wanted to leave the school building.
Munda demanded a residential building with a boundary wall and garden for him, besides property worth Rs 100 crore in the village, the officer said.
During his stay on the terrace, he shouted “This is my house” several times.
Munda had barged into the school on Saturday after an altercation with the headmaster. Following the argument, he hit the headmaster with a stone using his slingshot, drove him out and locked the school building from inside, police said.
When a group of local youths tried to climb the roof, he threatened them.
After the police were informed, inspector in charge of Mahulpada police station, Suresh Chandra Pradhan, reached the spot with his team.
Munda hit Pradhan on a palm with an arrow when he tried to climb the roof using a ladder. He needed hospitalisation. Another police officer was also injured by Munda.
Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Bonai, Swaraj Devta, then reached the spot along with fire brigade personnel.
Rourkela SP Brijesh Ray said a drone camera was used to pinpoint his location on the roof.
Finally, a section of the policemen guarding the school building kept him occupied on one side of the roof, fire brigade and district voluntary force personnel reached there from another side.
They used an iron mesh which can stop arrows and stones to capture the man, police said.
For the past five days, Munda has been having the ration stored for the students.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Uppinangady: Sayyidul Ulama inaugurates 'Muallim Manzil' for poor madrasa teachers
Uppinangady: Sayyidul Ulama Sayyid Jifri Muthukoya Tangal inaugurated the "Muallim Manzil," a housing project for underprivileged madrasa teachers, at Jogibettu on Wednesday. The project was organized by the D.K. illa Jamiyyathul Muallimeen under the Samastha Kerala Jam-iyyathul Muallimeen Central Council (SKJMCC).
The key to the Muallim Manzil house was ceremoniously handed over to Abubakar Siddique Darimi, the beneficiary of the initiative, aimed at supporting economically disadvantaged madrasa educators.
Prominent attendees included Shamsuddin Darimi Pammale, president of the District Jamiyyathul Muallimeen, secretary Muhammad Navvi Bellare, treasurer Ibrahim Darimi Kadaba, as well as other district representatives, were present during the program.
Also present were KH Ashraf Hanifi, president of the Uppinangady Range Jamiyyathul Muallimeen, general secretary Abdul Jabbar Aslami, treasurer Abdurahman Haji Kollejal, and chairman Zakaria Musliyar.
The event also saw participation from IT Coordinator Abdurazak Darimi, range representatives, Ismail Thanal Uppinangadi, chairman of Vikhaya, and representatives of SKSSF from the Uppinangady zone, along with various Ulama Umrahs.
