Judicial probes on into Puri, B’mitrapur custody cases

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Judicial probes on into Puri, B’mitrapur custody cases

Wednesday, 25 November 2020 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

The State Government on Tuesday said a judicial probes have been ordered into the custodial death allegations reported from Puri and Birmitrapur.

Minister of State for Home Divya Shankar Mishra, while replying to a discussion on the admissibility of an Adjournment Motion on the State’s law and order situation, informed the Assembly that both the custodial death allegations are being probed by separate judicial officers.

He said the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM), Panposh, and the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Puri, have been entrusted with the task of investigation into the cases at Birmitrapur and Puri, respectively. The Minister also said police have been investigating the custodial death allegations in strict adherence to the NHRC guidelines.Opposition BJP and Congress members, on the other hand, came down heavily on the BJD Government and accused it of failing to maintain rule of law.

 They alleged that K Ramesh was hacked to death by police personnel at the Baseli Sahi police station in Puri. This apart, police excesses are also evident in the custodial torture of six persons at the Pipili police station in Puri district. Congress member Santosh Singh Saluja demanded resignation of the Minister of State for Home and criminal cases against the erring police officials, inluding former Puri SP Akhileswar Singh. Singh and Inspector-in-Charge of the concerned police station should be booked under Section 302 of IPC, he demanded.The principal Opposition BJP also demanded a judicial probe into the Puri and Birmitrapur cases by a sitting judge of the Orissa High Court. “We demand cases against the erring police officials, including the former Puri SP, under Section 302 CrPC and a judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge,” Opposition Chief Whip Mohan Majhi of BJP said.

The Minister rejected the allegations and claimed that the law and order situation is by and large peaceful. Some elections and by-polls have been conducted smoothly while there is no communal flare-up in any parts of the State, he asserted.He also said the Left Wing Extremism situation also remains under control and police have successfully conducted lockdowns.

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