Infant stuck in Odisha bore well; rescue operations on
Bhubaneswar/ Sambalpur, Dec 12: An infant was found stuck in an abandoned bore-well in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Tuesday, prompting the state government to launch a rescue operation, officials said.
The bore well at Laripali village in Rengali area is 15-20 feet deep and oxygen is being supplied into it. The baby, apparently newly born, has no claimant, police said.
The state's Special Relief Commissioner sent fire services personnel from Rengali and one team of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force Jharsuguda to the spot to conduct the rescue operation.
An NDRF team from Mundali in Cuttack is also on its way to the bore-well site, said Gyanranjan Dash, the managing director of Odisha Disaster Management Authority.
Local people came to know about the presence of the child inside the bore well after hearing cries, police said.
The abandoned bore-well is located in a forest close to the village.
The police said it was not known how the infant got into the well.
Locals suspect that the infant might have been dumped there by someone.
Sambalpur Additional District Magistrate Pradeep Sahoo said, "Rescue operation has started and oxygen is supplied into the bore well. The ODRAF team has dug a parallel pit."
He expressed hope that the child would be rescued soon.
#WATCH | Odisha: Rescue operations underway to save the infant stuck in an abandoned borewell in Sambalpur.
— ANI (@ANI) December 12, 2023
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STORY | Infant stuck in Odisha bore-well; rescue operations on
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Class 12 exam paper 'leak' case: Private tutor among two held, four so far
Nagpur (PTI): A private tuition owner and his aide were arrested in connection with the suspected leak of Physics and Chemistry question papers of class 12 exams being conducted by the Maharashtra board in Nagpur, police said on Monday.
With the arrest of Mustafa Khan Munir Khan (42), who runs a teaching academy in the Mominpura area, and his aide Junaid Mohammad Abdul Javed, the number of people held so far has reached four.
Khan and Javed were remanded to police custody till February 26.
According to police, Khan allegedly shared the Chemistry paper on a WhatsApp group named "Tech 1", and Javed posted the answers. One Nishikant Mool had circulated the leaked content among students of his tuition classes.
The incident came to light on February 18 when a supervisor at St. Ursula High School examination centre spotted the paper on a student's phone.
Police said technical surveillance helped trace the accused. However, the original source of the leak remains unknown and further investigation is underway.
