BJP, question over the power of SIT (!).
Bureau,Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar:The Bharatiya Janata Party,(BJP) Odisha wing onThursday raised questions over the power of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Odisha Government to probe the murder of tiny girl Pari in Nayagarh.
Odisha in-charge Smt. Daggubati Purandeswari, who visited Jadupur village in Nayagarh district yesterday and met the parents of the deceased,said the SIT, headed by senior IPS officer Arun Bothra, has no judicial powers(?).
“When the SIT and its chief have no judicial powers, how will they investigate the case (?).Taking this into consideration, we demand a CBI probe into the case,” she said. It is not only a matter of brutal murder of a minor girl, but there is also the involvement of an organ smuggling racket in the case, she added.
The State Government had constituted the SIT, headed by Bothra, who is also the CMD of Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC), to probe the case.
Other hand Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra also raised questions over the role and power of Bothra. “Since IPS Bothra is the CMD of OSRTC, he does not have powers of the police. We demand that an officer having powers under Section 36 of CrPC should be present in the SIT and work impartially under the supervision of the Orissa High Court,” said Mishra.
