Ailing octogenarian rescued in D’nal

| | DHENKANAL | in Bhubaneswar

Legal Services Authority Secretary Arun Pattnaik while visiting Totapada, Bania, and Jamunalia villages under Gondia block in Dhenkanal on Friday reportedly found an old man, Kasinath Pradhan (80), lying under a shed of leaves without having food and water since long days.

Pattnaik and his colleagues, K Behera and Pranita Mohanty, rescued the old man and admitted in the District Headquarters Hospital on Saturday. The old man will be allowed to remain at the Maharshi

Dayananda Mission old age home here after he recovers and is discharged from the hospital.