By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/BALANGIR: A day after the key accused Govinda Sahu arrested , his close aid Radhe finally caught in connection with the murder of teacher of the Sunshine Public School, Mahaling in Kalahandi , Mamita Meher.
According to reports, the accused has been forwarded to Bangomunda SDJM court. Meanwhile, JCB driver Pushkar Bhoi, who had dug up the pit in Mahaling stadium, is not arrested. The president of a school managing committee, Gobinda Sahu, who was apprehended from a sugarcane field confessed to have killed lady teacher Mamita Meher.
The Bharatiya Janata Party observed Bolangir Bandh on Thursday over the demand of resignation of Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra for his alleged role in Mamita Meher’s murder case. The Party workers led by MP Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo and district president Sibaji Mohanty demanded dismissal of Minister Mishra as his role in the entire episode is suspected because of his close association with main accused Sahu. The BJP workers also burnt the effigy of Minister Mishra. Normal life badly affected due to the bandh.
Earlier, BJP activists and Mahila Morcha leaders staged a demonstration before the Bolangir SP Office and burnt an effigy of Minister Mishra under the leadership of Bolangir MP Sangeeta Singh Deo. Meanwhile, a Public Interest Litigation was filed in Orissa High Court demanding Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) probe into Mamita Meher’s murder case.
