Hockey India Sub-Junior National Championship: Odisha To Take On Haryana In Semi-Finals

The award was received by SOA’s vice-chancellor Prof Pradipta Kumar Nanda at a function, organised by the RTI Institute of India, in New Delhi on September 28 on the occasion of the International Right to Information Day.

BP Singh, former Sikkim Governor; Suresh Chandra, former Information Commissioner; Priya Ranjan Trivedi, president, Confederation of Indian Universities and Niraj Kumar, RTI Expert attended the function.

Manish Kumar Shekhar, Chairman, RTI Institute of India, presented the welcome address.

Pritam Nayak, Officer-on-Special Duty to SOA’s founder president Prof Manojranjan Nayak was also present.

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“The court said that the entire criminal proceedings against Pratap Jena was quashed. The order against which we have approached the high court has now been quashed,” said Jena’s lawyer Anshuman Ray.

Jena was the accused number 13 in the double murder case that took place at Mahanga in Cuttack district in 2021. The local police had excluded the name of Jena while filing the first charge sheet in the case.

Subsequently, the victim Kulamani Baral's son approached the Salipur JMFC court seeking the inclusion of Jena’s name.

The court on the basis of statements of the complainant, witnesses, and other available materials on record ordered that a prima facie case punishable for the offences under sections 302, 506, 120 B of the IPC is made against accused Jena on October 31, 2023.

The court directed the local police to reinvestigate the case against Jena.

Subsequently, the senior BJD leader moved the High Court against the lower court's order.

Hearing the petition filed by Jena, the Orissa High Court on Tuesday quashed the order of the Salipur JMFC court.

"The political conspiracy had been hatched to defame for the last two years has fallen flat and the high court gave a clean chit to me today," an elated Jena told on Tuesday.

Notably, BJP leader Kulamani Baral, who was the block chairman of Mahanga, and his associate Dibyasingha Baral were brutally murdered in Mahanga in 2021.

Later, the prime accused in the case, Prafulla Biswal, was found dead under mysterious circumstances near the Govindpur area in Tangi of Cuttack district. 

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In the first quarter-final of the day, Uttar Pradesh Hockey defeated Hockey Jharkhand, 4-3. Ujjwal Pal (7') gave Uttar Pradesh Hockey the lead, followed by goals from Ajay Kumar Gond (12'), Prahalad Rajbhar (32'), and Captain Ketan Kushwaha (60'). Meanwhile, Hassa Patras (35', 39') and Purti Ashish Tani (13') scored for Hockey Jharkhand.

In another quarter-final, the Hockey Association of Odisha defeated Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu Hockey, 5-0. Sujit Barla (30', 41') and Mandeep Kerketta (45', 59') scored braces, while Mithles Kerketta (46') also found the back of the net to secure the victory.

Hockey Punjab defeated Hockey Madhya Pradesh, 2-1. Sunny (20', 21') netted twice in quick succession for Hockey Punjab. Captain Aashir Adil Khan (40') scored the only goal for Hockey Madhya Pradesh.

In another quarter-final of the day, Hockey Haryana defeated Hockey Chandigarh, 1-0, in a closely fought contest. Rohit Singh (41') broke the deadlock to secure a semi-final berth for Hockey Haryana.

Uttar Pradesh Hockey will face Hockey Punjab, while Hockey Association of Odisha will face Hockey Haryana, in the Semi-Finals on Wednesday. (ANI)

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