Odisha: Police start probe after locals allege bodies going missing from burial ground
Bhadrak(PTI): Police started an investigation after it was alleged that bodies were going missing from a burial ground in Odisha's Bhadrak district, officials said on Saturday.
Locals alleged that the bodies of four people, who died in the last few months, have gone missing from the Maninathpur burial ground.
This has been happening since 2017, with 15 bodies missing so far, they claimed.
"My mother's body was missing after 10 days of being buried there. I have lodged a police complaint," said Tapas Samal, a local.
Kamalakant Nayak, the inspector-in-charge of the Bhandaripokhari police station, said an investigation has been started.
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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
