Tag: Smitarani Biswal

Bhubaneswar: Politics has intensified over the death of Smitarani Biswal, the lady village level worker (VLW) & in-charge panchayat executive officer (PEO) of Haridaspur in Jajpur district, with BJP and Congress once again cornering the ruling-BJD for allegedly providing government land to arrested Rupesh Bhadra where the latter has constructed the guest house. Congress levelled […]

Jajpur: The infamous Guest House- ‘Rangasala’ from where the body of Smitarani Biswal, the lady village level worker (VLW) & in-charge panchayat executive officer (PEO) of Haridaspur, was recovered has been constructed on government land and will be demolished very soon, informed Jajpur District Collector Ranjan Das today. Accepting that the local Sarpanch’s husband Rupesh […]

Jajpur: Odisha government clamped Section144 on the guest house of Rupesh Bhadra in Haridaspur of Jajpur district where lady Panchayat Extension Officer (PEO), Smitarani Biswal was found dead a few days ago. As per reports, red flags were put up around the guest house by the district administration in the presence of Tehsildar and the […]

Jajpur: Demanding CBI investigation into the death of lady Panchayat Extension Officer (PEO) Smitarani Biswal and registration of criminal cases against Superintendent of Police Charan Singh Meena, BJP workers today gheraoed different police stations of the district. The protesting BJP workers lodged complaints against the Jajpur SP in different police stations alleging that the SP […]

Bhubaneswar: As outcry against government inaction in the Smitarani Biswal death case intensifies, the Chairperson of the State Commission for Women, Minati Behera today expressed her unhappiness over the probe and requested the Crime Branch to take over the investigation. Minati Behera’s comments came after the BJP Mahila Morcha today staged a demonstration in front […]

Jajpur: As outcry over alleged lapses in probe into the death of Haridaspur PEO, Smitarani Biswal, continue to grow, the victim’s father, Sadananda Biswal, on Friday said that he will move outside the State alleging threat to his life. While expressing dissatisfaction over the probe into his daughter’s death, Biswal said that those who have […]

By Sandeep Sahu The Smitarani Biswal case in Jajpur looks all set to go the way the Bebina, Itishree, Kanakalata, Madhabilata, Snehalata and the Kunduli cases have done before it: into a dead end. By now, it is abundantly clear to anyone who has followed developments in the case that Jajpur police has done everything […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as mystery still shrouds the death of Haridaspur Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) Smitarani Biswal, opposition parties today tried to corner the Odisha government by raking the up the issue and demanding discussion in Odisha Assembly. With allegations of foul play in Smitarani’s death, the focus is back on the guesthouse or the ‘Rangashala’ […]

Bhubaneswar: Former American President Ulysses S Grant had once said in a battle (political or otherwise), when you feel beaten, then attack continually to win back. Seemingly, the opposition parties in Odisha have taken a leaf out of this famous American saying as they stepped up their onslaught on ruling BJD over the death of […]

Bhubaneswar: Reiterating for a CBI probe into Haridaspur lady panchayat executive officer (PEO) Smitarani Biswal’s death, BJP MLAs on Saturday staged a silent protest inside Odisha Assembly. Wearing black bands, the saffron party members staged a symbolic protest by standing inside the House. Later, they staged a dharna in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue in […]

Jajpur: During the zero hour in Odisha Assembly today, Congress MLA Narasingha Mishra levelled serious allegations in connection with Haridaspur lady Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) Smitarani Biswal’s death case. Alleging that the father and father-in-law of the lady PEO were forced to sign on a paper which was later accepted as FIR, Mishra raised questions […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said politicising any human tragedy, especially relating to women, is inhuman and this kind of politics would never give any returns. “Forget that I’m Chief Minister for 19 years or that I am President of Biju Janata Dal. As a senior member of this House, I would […]

Jajpur: While the district administration has already issued notice to demolish the infamous Guest House- ‘Rangasala’ in Baligari village under Dharmasala Tehsil of Jajpur district finding that it’s an unauthorised construction over government land, latest reports suggest that the administration is in a state of dilemma following proposals to renovate the building into Public library, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP General Secretary, Lekhashree Samantsinghar came down heavily again on the ruling BJD government in Odisha for not handing over the Smitarani death probe to the CBI. In a press conference today, Lekhashree reiterated her party’s demand for a CBI probe into the death of Haridaspur Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO), Smitarani Biswal. She […]