By Express News Service
ROURKELA: Almost 4 months after 28-year-old Anand Toppo was discovered useless in a flat in Bhubaneswar below mysterious circumstances, his dad and mom on Sunday pointed fingers at his good friend hockey Olympian Birendra Lakra for the incident. Addressing mediapersons, Anand’s father Bandhan Toppo, mom Ashrita and his two uncles accused Bhubaneswar police of not performing and demanded CBI investigation into the matter.
Bandhan claimed that on February 28 this yr, Birendra knowledgeable him about Anand’s demise. However, he didn’t give any coherent element of what occurred there. Anand was reportedly discovered useless in flat No 401 of Ayush Radium in Infocity, Patia at round 10 am shortly after his arrival there. Only Birendra and a lady Manjeet Tete have been current within the flat, he mentioned.
Bandhan additional claimed that he instantly rushed to Bhubaneswar from Rourkela and needed to lodge a grievance, however the police refused to entertain him and despatched his son’s physique for post-mortem to AIIMS the subsequent day. “I was told that Manjeet was in the bathroom and Birendra was in the drawing room when my son took the extreme step. The girl first saw Anand hanging and brought him down. This story and the circumstances in which my son was found dead raise serious doubts. My repeated efforts to seek a detailed investigation by the Commissioner and DCP of Bhubaneswar were turned down. It seems the police are trying to hush up the case by giving it a colour of unnatural death case as Birendra is a Deputy SP and a big name in hockey,” the daddy alleged.
He claimed that Anand was a detailed good friend of Birendra and the flat was taken on lease final yr. For final eight months, it was utilized by Birendra as Anand used to remain at Rourkela. Manjeet had moved to the flat round 45 days earlier than the incident and Bandhan mentioned he was not conscious of Anand’s relationship along with her. The father suspected that his son might need been strangulated or poisoned earlier than being hanged as a part of a pre-planned conspiracy and all circumstantial evidences have been erased. He reiterated the demand for a CBI probe to unearth the reality. Birendra couldn’t be contacted regardless of repeated makes an attempt.
