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Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: Odisha Police Crime Branch will probe the loss of life case of former Malkangiri Collector Manish Agarwal’s Personal Assistant (PA) Debnarayan Panda.
Odisha Police DG Abhay on Thursday ordered a Crime Branch investigation into the loss of life case which continues to stay a thriller.
Earlier within the day, spouse of the deceased Banaja Panda filed a criticism towards six police personnel on the SDJM Court alleging delay within the probe and risk to withdraw the case. She additionally appealed to handover the case to CBI for an neutral probe.
Debnarayan went lacking below mysterious circumstances on December 27, 2019, and the very subsequent day his physique was recovered from Satiguda dam. His motorbike and helmet have been discovered mendacity close to the dam.
Suspecting it to be a case of suicide, the police had initially registered an unnatural loss of life case. However, Panda’s spouse Banaja insisted that it was a deliberate homicide case.
She then lodged an FIR towards Agarwal and three others on the district Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) courtroom in reference to the case.
Soon, the previous Collector Manish Agarwal and a few of his colleagues have been booked on prices of murdering Debanarayan Panda following instructions by the SJDM Court.