Police and BJP State Mahila Morcha members scuffled before the official residence Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo here when the latter attempted to barge into the Minister’s residence on Friday.
The agitators were demanding the Minister’s resignation alleging his involvement in the abduction and murder of five-year-old Nayagarh girl Pari.
The Morcha members also demanded a CBI probe into the crime.
“We demand immediate ouster of Arun Sahoo from the State Cabinet and a CBI investigation into the entire episode. Those who are behind the organ trade racket should be put behind bar,” said party general secretary Lekhasri Samantsinghar, who led the protest.
Over hundred agitators of BJP’s women wing were detained by police when they marched towards the residence of Sahoo, raising slogans for his ouster from the State Cabinet.
Policemen were deployed in adequate numbers on the road between Kasturba Nari Mahal and the Minister’s quarters during the demonstration.
BJP has been accusing Sahoo of shielding the prime accused Babuli Nayak in the crime. BJP State president Sameer Mohanty said that his party would organise a mass movement across the State for justice to the girl.