Even though family members of ASI Gopal Das had claimed that he had bipolar disorder long back, the chargesheet said his mental condition was stable and normal.
As Opposition parties are likely to make a major poll issue out of Naba Kisore Das’s murder and the police’s failure to ascertain the motive behind it, the BJD says it’s confident of a win.
Bypoll to Jharsuguda Assembly constituency to be held on May 10. The bypoll was necessitated following the death of minister Naba Kisore Das, who had won the seat in 2019 after switching from Congress to BJD.
The health minister of the Indian state of Odisha was shot and injured by a police official assigned to protect him in Jharsuguda district today, officials said.