Pitabash murder accused shifted to jail in Kandhamal district
Berhampur : Shiva Shankar Das alias Pintu Das, former mayor of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) and one of the accused in the murder of senior advocate and BJP leader Pitabash Panda, was shifted from circle jail, Berhampur, to circle jail, Phulbani in Kandhamal district on Friday on the direction of the court.
Sub-divisional judicial magistrate accepted the prayer of Berhampur circle jail authorities to shift Das following a life risk threat as some of his rivals happen to be in the same jail. His wife Asha Kumari, however, had appealed to the court to lodge him in a jail in Ganjam district due to his ill health.
“Amid tight security, he was shifted to Phulbani,” said DN Barik, senior superintendent, circle jail, Berhampur.
Sub-divisional judicial magistrate accepted the prayer of Berhampur circle jail authorities to shift Das following a life risk threat as some of his rivals happen to be in the same jail. His wife Asha Kumari, however, had appealed to the court to lodge him in a jail in Ganjam district due to his ill health.
“Amid tight security, he was shifted to Phulbani,” said DN Barik, senior superintendent, circle jail, Berhampur.
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