SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TEAM TO INVESTIGATE KHALLIKOTE MURDER CASE
Bhubaneswar (17/05/2024): A Special Investigation Team (SIT) will investigate the Khallikote murder case.
The SIT will arrest of the rest accused persons early, collect proper evidence (scientific/ forensic/ digital), submit chargesheet within 30 days for early trial of the case.
RK Sharma, ADGP/ Headquarters will camp at Chhatrapur in Ganjam district to oversee law and order. On the direction of the Election Commission of India, the Ganjam district administration on Thursday imposed Section 144 of CrPC around Khallikote police station after locals gheraoed the police station and damaged a vehicle. A BJP worker was killed while seven others sustained critical injuries in a clash between the BJD and saffron party at Sri Krushna Saranapur village under Khallikote police limits in the district on Wednesday night over putting up posters for the ongoing election campaigning. The deceased has been identified as Dillip Pahan. Irked over the incident, a group of BJP workers gheraoed the police station, demanding arrest of the accused.
The irate locals pelted stones and water bottles at a police vehicle while the cops were moving eight arrested accused persons to the court.
The window glass of the vehicle got damaged in stone pelting.
