Odisha Parties Intensify Protests Over Probe In Teacher's Murder
NDTV
The police have also placed four of its men under suspension on charge of dereliction of duty in connection with the case.
As Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik continues to remain silent over the kidnap and murder of a lady teacher allegedly by the president of her school's managing committee, political parties - Left, right and centre - are mounting pressure on him to dismiss Minister of State for Home DS Mishra for his alleged patronage to the prime accused in the case.
While the BJP and Congress activists have been protesting since the prime accused escaped from police custody in Bolangir district on October 17 before being re-captured two days later, Left parties such as the CPI, CPI(M) and the CPI(ML) - on Saturday jointly staged a demonstration at Bhubaneswar demanding a high court-monitored probe into the murder case.
The BJP's women's wing organised a symbolic funeral procession on the streets of Bhubaneswar claiming that "Law has died" in Odisha.
The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) accused the saffron party of indulging in "cheap politics" over a murder case in which the prime accused has been arrested.
