Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA and daughter of slain Odisha Minister Naba Das, Deepali Das, on Wednesday submitted a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi requesting a CBI inquiry into her father's murder.
The case, initially ruled as a suicide, will be reinvestigated following allegations by Sahu's father, Belalsen Sahu, said IG Northern Police Range (NR) Sambalpur, Himanshu Lal, on Friday.
Senior Congress leader Santosh Singh Saluja has expressed his support for a CBI probe into the death of late Ex-Minister Naba Das after the slain minister's daughter Deepali Das raised the demand two days ago. Saluja stated that during the previous BJD government's tenure, when a judicial
Bharatiya Janata Party national vice president, Bijayant Panda's secretary has received a threatening call from an unknown person who said that he would be killed in the same way as Naba Das was killed earlier this year.
The crime branch Jharsuguda district court has filed a 544-page charge sheet against the dismissed ASI Gopal Das in connection with the high-profile murder case on January 29 this year, said, Remand advocate Dayandihi Chand
After swearing-in as MLA of Jharsuguda, Dipali Das said, "It is a very emotional moment for me that I have taken oath on his birthday. I have promised CM Naveen Patnaik that I will always take care of the Jharsuguda people."
Slain Odisha Minister Naba Kishore Das's daughter Dipali Das, who the Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) fielded in the constituency of her father, emerged victorious with a margin of 48,721 votes in the Jharsuguda by-election.
Crime Branch had filed the review petition seeking permission for a further comprehensive psychological, psychometrical and mental evaluation of Gopal Das. He is the prime accused in the murder of former Odisha health minister Naba Das.
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on Tuesday called for a night-long protest over the illegal detention of its cadre (Karyakartas) in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.
Health Minister Naba Das was shot at by an Odisha Police ASI from point-blank range in Brajrajnagar of Jharsuguda district and succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in the state's capital.
"It is disturbing to see the baseless and malicious allegations that are being made. Politics on a sensitive crime is not a good sign for our democracy," CM Patnaik said.