ACF Soumya Ranjan death case; Wife Bidyabharati goes missing

Paralakhemundi: Wife of Paralakemundi ACF Soumya Ranjan goes missing days before her appearance before the court on July 7. At the same time the police has received order to arrest ACF Soumya Ranjan’s wife Bidya Bharati Panda if she fails to appear before court.

Earlier, Paralakhemundi Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) court reportedly issued Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) against his wife Bidya Bharati Panda, former Gajapati DFO Sangram Keshari Behera and cook Manmath Kumbha to appear before the court.

The Paralakhemundi SDJM court issued the NBW against them as they did not appear before it. The court had asked them to appear before it on April 27 after the deceased ACF’s father Abhiram Mohapatra filed a petition on ‘laxity in probe’ into Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra death alleging it as a murder case.

While issuing the NBW against Bidya Bharati, Sangram Keshari and Manmath, the court has asked the trio to appear before it on or before July 7.

Notably, the ACF died on July 12, 2021 while undergoing treatment at a private hospital, a day after he mysteriously sustained critical burn injuries at his Paralakhemundi quarters on July 11.

Later, Soumya Ranjan’s family members had filed a case at Paralakhemundi alleging that he was murdered by Bidya Bharati Panda, Sangram Keshari Behera and Manmath Kumbha. They also had claimed that there was extramarital affair between the DFO and Bidya Bharati.