Kartika Sahoo, Akshay Kumar’s 'Sooryavanshi' co-star forced to sell vegetables in Odisha

Kartika Sahoo, who will be seen in Akshay Kumar's 'Sooryavanshi', has been selling vegetables to make ends meet owing to COVID-19 lockdown. Sahoo, who hails from Garadpur block of Kendrapada district in Odisha, said that he went to Mumbai to try his luck in Bollywood at of 17. 

For many years he worked as a bodyguard to film stars and cricketers such as Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar, among ors. According to reports, Sahoo has a fighting sequence in 'Sooryavanshi'. actor has been sitting without work since March.

To find work, he moved to state capital Bhubaneswar, but to avail. In end, Sahoo had to resort to selling vegetables in Rasulgad re. Kartika told ANI that he is hopeful that things will get back to rmal, but till n he will survive by selling vegetables.

Over 1,500 new cases push Odisha's COVID-19 tally to 26,892; death toll climbs to 147

Odisha's COVID-19 tally shot up to 26,892 with 1,503 fresh cases, while death toll rose to 147 as seven more people succumbed to virus, a Health department official said on Monday. Three deaths were reported from Ganjam district and a fatality each was recorded in Sundergarh, Khurda, Cuttack and Malkangiri districts, he said.

Four of m were suffering from eir diabetes or hypertension, official said. Ganjam district, Odisha's coronavirus hotspot, accounted for highest number of 491 fresh cases, followed by Khurda (223) and Cuttack (136).

Odisha w has 9,918 active COVID-19 cases, Health department official said, adding that 16,794 people have recovered from disease so far in state. 

Though re has been a rise in positive cases, death toll continues to remain below 1 per cent, he said. As many as 9,327 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Odisha on Sunday, taking total number of samples tested for virus in state to 4,67,447

(with ncy inputs)