Rajani Khalko, a constable in the Commissionerate Police of Bhubaneswar, met the Sundargarh district Collector against inaction of the police to nab the assailants of her mother, who was attacked and
killed seven months ago. Collector Bhupinder Singh Punia asked SP Anirudh Singh to take necessary action on the issue.
Sources said one Bandhni Khalko (58), a resident under Gurundia police station of Sundargarh district, had gone to collect wood from forest on January 7 last, but till evening she did not return to her home.
Her family members started searching for her, but in vain. On January 9, they noticed her body lying in forest. The killers had killed the woman by smashing her head with stones. The victim family members lodged an FIR at Gurundia police station.
The police had registered a case and started an inquiry. Thereafter, the police sent samples for testing at Regional Scientific laboratory, Sambalpur. The police interrogated a few but had not been able to nab the murderer. “We have been working hard to nab the culprits,” said Gurundia Police station IIC GB Biswal.