A day after demanding a CBI inquiry into the murder of Seaways Shipping general manager Mahendra Swain, the BJP on Friday gheraoed the Paradip town police station demanding a faster probe and action against the culprits.
“Powerful people are involved in this case. The Government has an interest in playing down the
incident. However, we are not going to let that happen. It paints Odisha in bad light and will affect investments in the State. Besides, the deteriorating law and order situation makes life unsafe here. We want the police to expedite the probe,” said Prakash Swain, a BJP supporter, who was part of the BJP demonstration.
Notably, BJP State spokesperson Sajjan Sharma on Thursday had at a Press conference in Bhubaneswar demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident.
The party further alleged that the investigating
officers are under pressure from the Government to cover up the seriousness of the incident.
It may also be mentioned that in his FIR, Mahendra’s brother Rajkishore named rival stevedoring company Orissa Stevedoring ltd (OSl) chief Mahimananda Mishra, three employees of the OSl along with two unidentified men as among the alleged culprits.
The police have formed four crack teams and are conducting raids at several places to nab the culprits, said Paradip PS IIC Subhranshu Sekhar Nayak.