Car with 5 bullet holes in straight line, missing towel: Murky details emerge in Naba Das murder case after kin seek CBI probe

According to the FIR successful the case, a constabulary serviceman allegedly opened occurrence astatine Naba Das from his work pistol astatine “close range” arsenic the curate was getting retired of his car for a enactment lawsuit astatine Brajarajnagar successful Jharsuguda district. The accused serviceman – ASI Gopal Das – was past chased by the minister’s followers, during which helium fired different 2 rounds, injuring 2 different persons, the FIR said.

The forensic study pointed retired that determination were 5 slug holes successful a consecutive enactment connected different car successful the minister’s convoy, but determination was nary clarity connected whether these were made by shots from the aforesaid weapon that killed the minister.

“All the 5 gunshot holes are recovered successful a consecutive enactment arsenic 1 consecutive woody instrumentality inserted successful spread 1 could easy scope spread 5. The full region from spread 1 to spread 5 is 28.4 cm,” the study said.

Even though the accused had fired 3 rounds astatine the curate arsenic per the FIR, the forensic squad collected lone 2 bare cartridge cases from the transgression scene. No bullets were recovered astatine the site, but for 1 “deformed bullet” successful a tiny pouch connected the right-side rear doorway of the 2nd vehicle, the study said.

Another lapse that has travel to airy is that the garment that the curate was wearing erstwhile helium was changeable was not preserved arsenic evidence. Two doctors who conducted the postmortem astatine a Bhubaneswar infirmary said the minister’s apparel were not produced earlier them, defence counsel Naresh Naik said.

Crime Branch officers acquainted with the probe said the garment was incinerated astatine the infirmary wherever the curate was airlifted to. They said this was submitted successful penning to the court.

The Crime Branch office has asked the investigators for an mentation astir the lapses.

“The proceedings is going connected successful the case, but we are watching each development. There are immoderate reports successful the media connected antithetic aspects of the case. If caller things travel up, we volition analyse it and show it,” a elder Crime Branch authoritative said.

Naba Das (62), who started his governmental vocation successful the Congress and past joined the BJD, was an influential curate successful the erstwhile Naveen Patnaik-led authorities successful Odisha, holding the Health and Family Welfare portfolio. His household has important concern interests successful mining and transportation.

His execution 2 years agone came backmost into absorption precocious erstwhile his girl and erstwhile Jharsuguda MLA Dipali Das and her member Vishal said during a TV interrogation that they wanted the CBI to analyse the case.

On Sunday, Dipali said the household would soon constitute to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, seeking a CBI probe.

“If the authorities authorities is delicate to the substance and respects my precocious begetter without immoderate self-interest, I indispensable petition the medication to bid a CBI probe into the matter. I tin guarantee that our household volition afloat cooperate with the investigation,” she said.

Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said the CM would instrumentality a telephone connected the substance if helium gets a written exertion from the family.

Dipali’s petition came amid disapproval from authorities BJP leaders that she had remained soundless connected the lawsuit during the tenure of the BJD government, which ended lone successful June 2024.

The BJD, however, has said the probe was connected the close way erstwhile they were successful power.