The State Government today asked the Crime Branch to inquire into the Balangir violence triggered by the death of an engineering student in an accident on October 24. While the accident was caused by a police van, another student injured in police lathicharge succumbed in the VSS Medical College and Hospital, Burla the next day.
Police registered two separate cases in this connection. On the first day, Shakti Prasad Mohanty, a student of the Shushree Institute of Technology, Balangir died on the spot as he was run over by a police van.
The same day another student, Sashi Kumar Panda was admitted to the VSS Medical College and Hospital.
The incidents gave rise to a lot of public resentment and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the arrest of the Balangir Superintendent of Police for inept handling of the situation.
Chhatra Congress called Balangir and western Orissa bandh to protest police excesses. A release issued by the police headquarters here maintained that the inquiry has been handed over to the Crime Branch for a fair and impartial investigation after public hue and cry over the matter.
The State Government has also appointed retired judge of the High Court Justice SK Mohanty to inquire into the violence.
Justice Mohanty will submit his report within three months.
Meanwhile, Congress has demanded that the District Collector and SP be removed by the State Government for an impartial inquiry.
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