Body on shoulder: Cong fact finding team in Dana's village

Bhawanipatna: With the incident of a man carrying his wife’s body on his shoulders for 10 kms on Wednesday having created national and international outrage, a six-member fact finding team of the Congress on Saturday visited the spot to enquire about the incident.

According to sources, the fact finding team also participated in a road blockade organised at Ghodaghata to protest against the incident.

They, however, withdrew the road blockade after police detained as many as 15 of them, sources added.

Later, a team of the Opposition party headed by senior leader Pradip Majhi visited the village of Dana Majhi, the man who carried his wife’s body on his shoulders after being denied a hearse vehicle by hospital authorities and is scheduled to discuss the incident with him.

Meanwhile, members of the BJP today gheraoed the CDMO office here protesting the incident. The members of the saffron party staged a silent protest by covering their faces with black badges