Tag: Naba Das

 Amid the ongoing probe into the case, Gopal Das was on Wednesday seen laughing nonchalantly at Jharsuguda airport as if nothing has happened. He was seen bursting into laughter while he was waiting for being taken to Gujarat for his narco-analysis test.

Taking the Crime Branch to task, Purohit alleged that the State investigating agency is working to shield the real culprit behind the murder. It (CB) will come up with a fabricated story to cover up the handler behind accused Gopal Das.

Adding fuel to the ongoing slugfest, Leader of Opposition (LoP) and senior BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra, on Wednesday, brought serious allegations against police and alleged involvement of many bigwigs in the murder of Das.

A CB team along with the local police took Gopal to Gandhi Chhak in Brajarajnagar today where he had shot Health Minister Naba Das from a point-blank range on January 29.

While addressing a presser, Archarya stated that as the state government doesn’t have faith on the Crime Branch, it wrote to the Orissa High Court to monitor the ongoing investigation

Citing the Mahanga double murder case, Sahu said it was only after the High Court’s intervention, police took steps on the allegations against a senior and influential BJD leader.

Bhakta Prasad Nanda, the teacher of Naba Das, in an exclusive interview to OTV, raised doubts over the ongoing investigation, as the motive why the Assistant Sub-Inspector Gopal Das shot the minister is still unclear.

The opposition parties have slammed the ruling BJD for putting more emphasis on the bypoll and vote margin instead of trying to unravel the mystery surrounding the brutal murder of Naba Das.

Linking the health minister murder case to business rivalry, BJP MLA Subash Panigrahi said, “He had set up a huge business empire. He was also a strong leader in western Odisha. Someone might have killed him with the intention to take his place.

While talking to reporters, the OPCC chief said that there have been incidents of murder in the past. But the Chief Minister has failed to protect his own cabinet minister. It is for the first time in the history of Odisha that a police officer has shot dead a minister.

Meanwhile, the JMFC court in Jharsuguda has allowed Crime Branch to take Gopal Das on another 4-day remand.

While addressing the press in Bhubaneswar, Pradhan alleged that the basic foundation of the ongoing investigation in the Naba Das case is wrong.

The Forensic Psychological Assessment and LVA Test of accused Gopal Krishna is being conducted by the team of CFSL, New Delhi at Jharsuguda

As per Crime Branch sources, the documents recovered from the paternal house of the accused at Industrial Estate, Berhampur and the government quarters at Jharsuguda are being scrutinized. The financial details of the accused, his wife, brother, and other close relatives are also being collected, informed Crime Branch.

The latest theory doing the rounds is the involvement of coal mafia of neighbouring states who may have eliminated Naba Das through Gopal Das.