CM Naveen assures ‘thorough’ probe into Kunduli incident

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday assured that the Kunduli girl will get 'justice' and his government is serious about the incident.

Speaking on the sidelines of the presentation ceremony of the 'The Tall Man Biju Patnaik', a pictorial biography of the legendary politician, in Mumbai yesterday, the CM said, “It’s a tragic incident. We are doing all that we can to investigate the matter thoroughly.”

Meanwhile, a three-member central team of the BJP, comprising national general secretary Saroj Pandey, Jyoti Dhurve and Anju Bala, has reached Kunduli to conduct an on-the-spot inquiry into the alleged gang rape and subsequent suicide of the girl.

“We will conduct a probe into the Kunduli incident and submit our report to the party’s national president Amit Shah,” said Pandey.

On the other hand, the four-member team of the Crime Branch returned after its investigation into the incident on Saturday.

A five-member team of the National Human Rights Commission  is also scheduled to visit Kunduli on February 5 to conduct probe into the incident.