Bhubaneswar: Some unidentified miscreants looted cash and stationery items from a primary school in Odisha’s Bhadrak district on Friday night.
They matter came to light on Saturday morning when the teachers and headmistress of Government Primary School at Panijharia in Mahulia Panchayat under Chandbali Police limits of the district came to the school.
They found the doors of the office room and adjacent rooms partially opened and broken locks lying on the ground. Headmistress Urmila Sahu informed the school committee members and the block education office (BEO) about the incident.
On being informed, school chairperson Swarnalata Bej went to the school and reported the matter to the police. She told the media that she was informed by the headmistress about the incident. “Urmila told me that the doors of several rooms including office had been broken open, I went to the school. After verifying the matter personally, I informed the police.”
Besides cash and a few stationery items, some valuable documents had been stolen by the miscreants, said Bej. But she could not say why the miscreants targeted the school.
A team from Chandbali police station went to the school and started an investigation. They suspected that several persons were involved in the loot. They have started inquiry to identify the miscreants.
