Tag: Mahanga Double Murder

Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court of Salepur has given four days more time to police to file the reinvestigation status report and call detail record (CDR) of three accused in the Mahanga double murder case.  

Salepur JMFC court has directed police to submit probe status report and call detail records (CDRs) of prime accused late Prafulla Biswal and two associates of Minister Pratap Jena- Sarat Nayak and Bapi Biswal.  

Amid the storm over the Mamita Meher murder case in Odisha politics, the State unit in-charge of the Congress party, Chella Kumar on Friday mounted more attack on the BJD government and its Law Minister, Pratap Jena, over the high profile Mahanga double murder case.

The opposition in Odisha Assembly demanded the resignation of Law Minister Pratap Jena who was not charge-sheeted in the Mahanga double murder case despite his name figuring in the FIR.

Demanding the resignation of Odisha Cabinet Minister Pratap Jena, the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit the streets in Bhubaneswar on Friday

The JMFC Court on Thursday ordered the IIC of Mahanga Police Station to reinvestigate the double murder case with a focus on Minister Pratap Jena's alleged involvement in the case

Cuttack: The Cuttack Police (Rural) on Tuesday claimed to have cracked the brutal double murders in Mahanga by arresting four persons including the prime accused Panchanan Sethi. Apart from Sethi, three more persons- Arabinda Khatua, Khitish Acharya and Lalita Mohan Baral have been arrested for their involvement in the brutal murder of BJP leader Kulamani […]

Cuttack: Police on Wednesday arrested one more accused allegedly involved in the brutal murder of BJP leader Kulamani Baral and his associate Dibyasingh Baral in Mahanga in the district, taking the total number of arrestees in the case to five. Police have not yet disclosed the identity of the accused who has been arrested today. […]

Cuttack: While the motive behind the brutal double murder at Mahanga still remains a mystery, Ramakant, son of deceased BJP leader Kulamani Baral, has alleged that his father was killed since he was instrumental in exposing a string of scams in the area. Ramakant alleged that as his father had raised voice against irregularities and […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP Odisha in-charge D Purandeswari on Wednesday lashed out at the Odisha government over the brutal murder of two party leaders in Mahanga in Cuttack district. “Our party workers were brutally murdered for exposing corruption in Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). The incident has reflected the laxity in maintaining the law and order situation […]

Cuttack: Another accused has been arrested late on Wednesday night by the district police in connection with the brutal murder of former Mahanga Block Chairperson and BJP leader Kulamani Baral and his relative Dibyasingh Baral over political rivalry on Saturday evening. The accused identified as Chaitanya Sethi is the brother of prime accused Panchanan Sethi, […]

Cuttack: Odisha BJP in-charge D Purandeswari on Thursday came down heavily on the State government for not taking action against Law Minister Pratap Jena who has been named in the FIR filed in connection with the brutal murder of BJP leader Kulamani Baral. Baral and his associate Dibyasingha Baral were hacked to death in the […]

Cuttack: In the wake of the recent ‘political murders’ in the district, leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday turned up the heat on the ruling-BJD and State Police demanding immediate arrest of Mahanga MLA and Odisha Law Minister Pratap Jena, who is among the 13 accused named in the FIR registered in connection […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday condemned the brutal double murders in Mahanga. While taking to reporters on the sidelines of inauguration of Bidusagar lake rejuvenation project in Bhubaneswar, Pradhan said that party leader Kulamani Baral was killed for raising his voice against massive corruption in PMAY. Pradhan’s comments came a day after BJP […]

Cuttack: A special team of Cuttack rural Police on Monday arrested one more accused in connection with the brutal murder of BJP leader Kulamani Baral and his aide Dibyasingh Baral in Mahanga, taking the total number arrestees to eight. The accused has been identified as Bhikari Swain, a local BJD leader and former block chairman […]