The CID and Crime Branch team in a statement said that the accused ASI during questioning revealed that he threw handwritten notes in a septic tank of the toilet of Jharsunguda Airport police station and that he had noted down his motives behind the crime in detail on the paper.
Assistant sub-inspector Gopal Das, who confessed that he shot at Odisha Health Minister Naba Das, has been brought in police remand for a period of 4 days, officials said on Wednesday.
John Das, SDPO of Bokajan told ANI that, acting on secret information a Naka was set up infront of Laharijan police point by In-charge Laharijan PP ASI Jiten Gogoi, SI (P) Sarat Kakati, C20 CRPF Camp Bokajan and PP staff.
The row over the remarks on 'Ramcharitmanas' escalated as Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Wednesday claimed that a sadu. who allegedly announced a bounty of Rs 21 lakh to "behead" him, has chopped his photo with a sword.
The offence came to light in 2016 after the convict, Udyan Das, was arrested from his residence in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal in connection with the murder of his girlfriend in 2017.
Odisha Health Minister Naba Das was shot at in Brajarajnagar in the Jharsuguda district and succumbed to his bullet injuries in Bhubaneswar hospital on Sunday. Das was shot at by one police personnel.
Samajwadi Party MLC Swami Prasad Maurya on Monday through a tweet attacked the seer (Mahant) Raju Das stating that he could have just cursed him instead of spending Rs 21 lakh to get him killed.
Through his tweet, the SP MLC Mauya has alleged that the seer Raju Das spent Rs 21 lakh to get h
Lt Naba Das had been the Health and Family Welfare Minister of Odisha since 2019. He was a three-time MLA from the Jharsuguda constituency and was said to be an influential leader in the area.