By Our Correspondent
JHARSUGUDA/BHUBANESWAR: ASI Gopal Das was deployed for Traffic Clearance Duty for the minister’s programme. He opened fire from his Service Pistol from a very close range aiming at the Health and Family Welfare minister Naba Das with a clear intention to kill him, FIR lodged by Brajrajnagar IIC said.
Gopal Das is currently lodged in Sundargarh Reserve Police Line. ADGP CID-CB Arun Bothra and his team are in Sundargarh to interrogate him.
The Brajarajnagar IIC Pradyumna Swain has lodged a FIR, against ASI Gopal Das in Health Minister Naba Das murder case.
The FIR lodged by IIC of Brajarajnagar police station clearly states that the accused Assistant Gopal Krushna Das had fired at the minister ‘with a clear intention to kill.’
As per the FIR lodged by Pradyumna Swain, the IIC of Brajarajnagar Police station, “Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das was scheduled to inaugurate the Office of Chairperson/Vice Chairperson of Brajrajnagar in the Lift and Shift Building at Gandhi Chowk on Sunday (January 29, 2023).
According to reports, the ASI went straight to Naba Das and fired at him from his service revolver from close range. Soon, the IIC and a constable pinned the accused down after he fired the shot. The bullet pierced into the chest of Naba Das.
During the scuffle, Gopal Das fired two more rounds of bullets. While one bullet hit the IIC’s finger, the Constable too suffered minor injuries.
