Members of the Mahila Congress on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the office of the Superintendent of Police, Jajpur at Panikoili, demanding a CBI probe into the mysterious death of Village Level Worker (VLW) Smitarani Biswal at a guesthouse on October 16.
Hundreds party activists took out a rally from Panikoili Chhak to the SP Office and gheraod the office. The activists alleged SP Charan Singh Meena is not taking steps to nab the culprits involved in the alleged murder of the VLW under the pressure of the Government. They demanded immediate transfer of the SP.
MLAs Suresh Routray and Mohammed Moquim and senior leader Satya Prakash Nayak joined the protest, among others.
“We want justice availed to family members of Smitarani Biswal. We will intensify our protest and launch a statewide protest in coming days if our demands are not met at the earliest,” said State Mahila Congress vice-president Bandita Parida.
Adequate police personnel were deployed in the area to avoid any untoward incident during the protest.
In a similar development, a silent protest was staged by the Jajpur Panchayat Executive Officers’ Association and the Gram Rojgar Sevak Sangh demanding a judicial probe into the VLW’s death.
Besides, the BJP too targeted the State Government and the police alleging the improper ongoing probe into the death of the VLW.
Addressing a Press meet, BJP vice-president Sami Mohanty and others alleged that police are only looking into the personal aspects while neglecting the real facts in the investigation.