Jharsuguda: The Odisha Police Crime Branch on Friday submitted the final 543-page chargesheet in the Jharsuguda JMFC against the sacked ASI Gopal Das in connection with the murder of former minister Naba Kishore Das.
According to the chargesheet, Naba Das was killed by Gopal Das at Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda on January 29. The accused fired on the chest of the minister from a very close range.
While the police arrested accused Gopal Das from the spot, the motive behind the murder. The chargesheet says that the accused murdered the minister over an old enmity. The accused has been charged under Sections 307, 302, and 27 (1) of the Arms Act.
A team of the Crime Branch flew to Jharsuguda from Bhubaneswar to submit the chargesheet which has been prepared on the basis of statements of eyewitnesses and reports of the scientific team against the sacked ASI accused Gopal Das.
