Odia Police Inspector in CBI Team Probing Manipur Violence

Bhubaneswar: Biswa Prakash Rout, a police inspector from Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district has been chosen to be part of a CBI team to investigate the violent incidents in Manipur.

Rout posted as Inspector in-charge (IIC) of Kuliana police station in Mayurbhanj, has been deputed to the CBI headquarters in New Delhi for the Manipur assignment.

Rout has been relieved with immediate effect to join the CBI and will be repatriated to Odisha Police on completion of the assignment.

As per reports, the CBI mobilised 53 police officials from all over the country, including 29 female personnel to probe the ethnic violence that continues in Manipur, claiming over 160 lives.

Last month, the CBI took over the investigation with 27 FIRs lodged in this connection to violence in Manipur.