A day after Jagannath Patro, secretary of Locchapada Seva Samabaya in Ganjam died in a fire mishap on Thursday, his family members on Friday alleged that his death was a well-planned murder.
A few days ago, Patro was attacked near his house at Locchapada with iron rods by some miscreants.
After Patro’charred body was found in his office, preliminary investigations have revealed that the fire started due to a short circuit.
Forensic and police teams have conducted investigations. But the locals have demanded an impartial and thorough probe into the incident. The Sadar police have lodged an UD case and sent the dead body to the MKCG Medical College Hospital for postmortem.
Further investigations are on into the incident, said Sadar PS IIC Santoshini Oram. Following Patro’s death a pall of gloom has descended in the area.