Gopal Das To Undergo Narco, Polygraph Tests

Jharsuguda: A Jharsuguda court on Wednesday granted permission to the Crime Branch of Odisha police to conduct narco and polygraph tests on the dismissed cop Gopal Das.

The court also allowed the CB to take accused Goapl on remand for five more days in Odisha Health Minister Naba Das’ assassination case.

Meanwhile, DGP Sunil Kumar Bansal visited the crime spot near Gandhi Chowk at Brajarajnagar. He was accompanied by director (Intelligence) Sanjeeb Panda and Northern Range IG Deepak Kumar.

The court had earlier allowed the Crime Branch to take the accused on a four-day remand for interrogation.

Notably, the accused ASI had opened fire on the Health Minister during an event at Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda district on January 29. The minister succumbed to his injuries while being treated at a private hospital here on the same day.