Naba Das murder case: IPS, IAS and 2 politicians involved, alleges Sambalpur MLA Jayanarayan Mishra

Sambalpur MLA Jayanarayan Mishra on Sunday made an explosive statement regarding the assassination of senior BJD leader and former health minister Naba Das in Jharsuguda. The BJP leader today claimed the involvement of two senior government officials—an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer—alongside two prominent politicians in the murder of Naba Das.

According to Mishra, the IPS officer took a peculiar trip to Jharsuguda just days before Das' murder, allegedly to orchestrate the plot. 

The Sambalpur MLA suspects that Naba Das was murdered over some political dealing or over the coal business.

“The IPS official against whom allegations were levelled will try to mislead the probe. The concerned IPS officer was involved in the entire Naba Das assassination. Even I had taken some names, including an IPS and IAS officer and two politicians in the Assembly. The IPS officer had orchestrated the entire plot by visiting Jharsuguda days ahead of the incident when Naba Das was shot dead,” alleged Mishra while demanding a detailed investigation into the matter.

According to Mishra, an investigation has no meaning if it fails to underscore the motive and who are behind the crime. Already, we had out rightly rejected the investigation carried out by the Crime Branch, he said.

Earlier in the day, Dipali Das, the daughter of late Naba Das had stated that the family is discussing the matter and soon they will write to Odisha government for a CBI probe into the case.

“Already two years have passed since the incident and several questions are still unanswered. However, the truth will come out if CBI conducts a detailed investigation into all the aspects,” Mishra added.

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BJP MP Pradeep Purohit had also questioned why the family members of the deceased remained silent and never demanded an impartial probe into the murder case.

“Gopal Das was just a pawn and there is a conspirator group behind the assassination. I had earlier said that the person, who harboured the dream to become the Chief Minister after Naveen Patnaik, is the conspirator. This is now proving to be true,” said Purohit.