Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the State Government has decided to probe the murder of five-year-old girl Pari of Jadupur village in Nayagarh district by crime branch. informed Dibya Shankar Mishra, Minister of State (Home), in the Legislative Assembly today.
As many as 34 suspects have so far been questioned while four persons underwent polygraph test at the State Forensic Science Laboratory here in connection with the case, said Mishra in the House.
Notably, the deceased girl’s father Ashok Sahoo and mother Saudamini on Tuesday had attempted self-immolation outside the Odisha Legislative Assembly demanding justice for their daughter.
Notably, the child had gone missing while playing in front of her house on July 14and on July 23, her decomposed body was found packed in a sack near a pond.
The Nayagarh Sadar police had registered a case under Sections 363, 364, 302, and 201 of the IPC on the basis of a complaint lodged by the couple.