Odisha Parties Intensify Protests Over Probe In Teacher's Murder
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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.
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The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader said the results are not acceptable to his party and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition.
The Adani Group said that none of its 11 public companies are implicated or accused of any wrongdoing.
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Meanwhile, Kamlochan Kashyap, DIG South Bastar said a joint operation has been planned after getting information about the movement of a group of Maoists in the area.
It happened around 11 am when a youth from Sevdha village came on a motorcycle to the Indian Oil petrol pump in Dulhapur village and asked for a refill worth Rs 100, Superintendent of Police Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said.