An FIR has been lodged against four persons including, Orissa Stevedore limited (OSl) managing director Mahimananda Mishra, for their alleged involvement in the case of the death of Andhra Pradesh-based stevedoring agency Seaways Shipping and logistics Private limited (SSl) senior manager Mahendra Swain at Paradip on Wednesday.
The complaint of Mahendra Swain alias Babuli’s elder brother was lodged at the Paradip police station late on Wednesday night against Mahimananda Mishra, OSl director Basanta
Kumar Bal and senior executives Subash Acharaya and Devi Prasad Tripathy, police sources confirmed on Thursday.
The police sources said Swain was fired at by unidentified miscreants from a close range at Madhuban near the Central School while he was going to his office.
Meanwhile, Central Range Inspector General (IG) Soumendra Priyadarshi has formed a four-member team to nab the culprits involved in the ghastly murder, the police sources added.
“We have collected bottle bombs and a few khoka samples from the murder spot; and further investigation is on, Priyadarshi informed mediapersons here.