KalingaTV News Network
Bhubaneswar: Taking serious note of the Pramodini Raula acid attack case, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday suspended two police officers in connection to the case.
According to reports, Patnaik put Nabarangpur SDPO RK Jena (who was the then DSP probing Raula case) and IIC Sankarshan Dalei under suspension for closure of case without apprehending the culprits.
The Chief Minster also directed Odisha DGP RP Sharma to review all the previous acid attack cases in the state and take action against those officials who have shown negligence in investigation.
Notably, the Jagatsinghpur police had failed to nab the accused in the case which took place on April 18, 2009 and had closed the case in 2012 citing ‘No Clue’. However, hope of justice sprouted again for Pramodini Raula after the district police moved the court for reopening the case in August 2017 after getting concrete intelligence and evidence in the horrific acid attack.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the prime accused of the crime Santosh Bedanta, an Indian Army Jawan posted at Kupwara in Jammu & Kashmir, from Kolkata and his aide Biswajit Dalsinghray from Nayagarh.
The duo had thrown acid on Pramodini over one-sided love affair while she was returning to her uncle’s house at Tirtol. Pramodini, who was only 16-year-old, underwent series of surgeries at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack but unfortunately lost her eyesight.
Ms Kalinga