Bhubaneswar, October 26
The police today began investigation into the killing of DIG Jaswinder Singh allegedly by one of his two PSOs, facing charges of murder, who have been remanded in police custody.
A team of crime branch officers, who went to Koraput to probe DIG’s death, is examining whether it was a case of accidental firing by the PSOs or if there was any other motive involved, official sources said here.
Inspector General of Police (crime branch) B.K. Sharma will monitor the investigation.
The sources said the cell phone of PSO Seshananda Sarangi, accused of firing, had been seized by the police. It was said that he had made calls from it after the shooting.
DGP Amarananda Pattanayak had said on Tuesday that the 9 mm pistol of one of the two PSOs accompanying the DIG had gone off “accidentally”, killing the officer.
The two PSOs had apparently panicked and fired at the wind screen of the vehicle from outside to cook up a story that they had been ambushed on the way by Naxalites, he said.
— PTI
