Opposition BJP Thursday accused the office of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of shielding the culprits involved in the death of a woman panchayat official in Jajpur district.
The allegations were made by BJP general secretary Lekhasree Samantasinghar at a press conference here.
The BJP leader said though two-and-a-half months have passed since the death of Haridaspur panchayat extension officer (PEO) Smitarani Biswal, the police has not taken the lone arrested person on remand and now has framed a 2,000-page charge sheet.
Alleging that the charge sheet has been framed at the instruction of "the third floor" (a reference to the CMO), Lekhasree said: "There is a cover up bid. The state government had removed the then DGP B K Sharma for not going by the words of the CMO in the PEO death case."
"She was lobbying for a BJD ticket to contest 2019 assembly elections. As she was denied entry into BJD, Lekhasree has been making such allegations,"