Bhubaneswar, May 4 -- At one end of the spectrum, three members of one family allegedly misappropriated lakhs of rupees by showing a single house as three. Then on the other end, an actual beneficiary has sought permission for euthanasia alleging government apathy.

Both incidents were reported from the Khordha district. The district fisheries officer of Khordha sanctioned Rs 2 lakh each to three beneficiaries of Basant village under Haladia Panchayat in Khordha block to construct a warehouse in the financial year of 2018-19. The same department also sanctioned another Rs 10 lakh to one of the aforesaid beneficiaries under the fish pond yojana.

Surprisingly, the beneficiaries were members of one family identified as -Bichitrananda Jena, ...