Chinmay Bal, a former staff of the Odisha Stevedores limited (OSl) and son of the firm’s executive director Basant Bal, on Tuesday appeared before the Paradip police, which are probing the murder of Seaways Shipping and logistics Private limited (SSPl) general manager Mahendra Swain.
According to sources, Chinmay Bal was interrogated over the company’s financial transactions in connection with the murder. He had been summoned by the Paradip police on January 21 to present himself before them on January 24.
On Monday, OSl managing director Mahimananda Mishra’s nephew and OSl director of finance Chinmay Mishra and the firm’s DGM (finance) Rabindra Dalei had appeared before the Paraip police for questioning.
In a related development on Tuesday, hearing on the bail plea of Mahimananda Mishra in the 2013 Cuttack Press Chhak bomb hurling case was deferred to January 30 by the Cuttack District and Sessions Judge Court.
Mishra had moved the court seeking bail in the case on January 16. Mishra has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the murder which took place at Paradip on October 26 last.