Brajarajnagar: Accused Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Gopal Krushna Das had fired at Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das ‘with a clear intention to kill him,’ as per the First Information Report (FIR) lodged by Inspector-In-Charge (IIC) of Brajarajnagar police station against Gopal Das.
“Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das was scheduled to inaugurate the Office of Chairperson/Vice Chairperson of Brajarajnagar in the Lift and Shift Building at Gandhi Chowk on Sunday. The car of the Minister stopped near the building at around 12.15 pm and he got down of the vehicle after opening the front side door of the vehicle. All of a sudden, ASI Gopal Krushna Das, who was deployed for traffic clearance duty for the programme, came close to the Minister and opened fire from his service pistol from a very close range aiming at the minister with a ‘clear intention to kill him”, the FIR reads.
The bullets hit on the chest of the Minister and he fell down, it stated.
The Minister succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at the Appolo Hospital Bhubaneswar last evening.
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