{"id":54012,"date":"2026-07-07T05:18:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/?p=54012"},"modified":"2026-07-07T05:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:18:57","slug":"farmer-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-balangir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/farmer-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-balangir\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmer Killed in Hit-and-Run in Balangir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Balangir, July 7:<\/strong> A 38-year-old farmer, who had recently married, was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident in Odisha&#8217;s Balangir district on Tuesday morning, leaving his family and the local community in deep shock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The deceased, identified as <strong>Rudra Manahira<\/strong>, a resident of Kharabahali village under Muribahal block, was on his way to Khariar town to sell freshly harvested potatoes when the accident occurred near Bongomunda Golai Square.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">According to police, an unidentified vehicle allegedly rammed into Rudra&#8217;s motorcycle and fled the scene without stopping. He sustained critical head and facial injuries and remained lying on the roadside until local residents spotted him and alerted the Bongomunda police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Police personnel rushed to the spot and shifted the injured farmer to the Kantabanji Medical Centre in an ambulance. However, doctors declared him dead on arrival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The incident has left Rudra&#8217;s family devastated, particularly his wife, whom he had married only a few months ago. Known as a hardworking farmer, Rudra was also an active member of the Yadav community and had served in several community organizations, earning widespread respect in the district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Police seized the body for post-mortem examination before handing it over to the bereaved family. A written complaint has been lodged against the unidentified vehicle, and an investigation has been launched to trace the driver responsible for the fatal accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Meanwhile, Kantabanji MLA and Chairman of the District Planning Board, <strong>Laxman Bag<\/strong>, visited the bereaved family and expressed his condolences. He urged the police to expedite the investigation and ensure the immediate identification and arrest of the absconding driver.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic incident has cast a pall of gloom over the region, with residents mourning the untimely demise of a respected farmer and community leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balangir, July 7: A 38-year-old farmer, who had recently married, was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident in Odisha&#8217;s Balangir district on Tuesday morning, leaving his family and the local community in deep shock. The deceased, identified as Rudra Manahira, a resident of Kharabahali village under Muribahal block, was on his way to Khariar town [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-states"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260706-WA0057-750x375-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54014,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54012\/revisions\/54014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}