Orissa Higher Court on Thursday quashed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Bharatiya Vikash Parishad seeking a CBI investigation into the broad-daylight murder of State Health Minister, Naba Das by police personnel in Jharsuguda last month.
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.
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.
ASI's wife made the claims while speaking to the media on Sunday, and said that she was not aware about the reason behind her husband firing at the minister.
Odisha's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Governor Ganeshi Lal paid last respects to the state Health Minister Naba Kishore Das at the minister's residence on Monday.
The mortal remains of Health Minister Naba Das who succumbed to his bullet injuries, were brought to his official residence in the wee hours of Monday.
The Odisha government on Sunday announced to accord state honour as a mark of respect to Odisha Health Minister Naba Das, who was shot at in Brajarajnagar in the Jharsuguda district succumbed to his bullet injuries in Bhubaneswar hospital.
President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and leaders across political lines mourned Odisha Health Minister Naba Das' demise who succumbed to his bullet injuries after being shot at near Brajarajnagar in the Jharsuguda district on Sunday.