The Sahus, who tried to immolate themselves, claim that a minister’s aide is involved in the murder of their daughter.
Bhubaneswar:
A couple went to the Odisha State Assembly Building in Bhubaneswar, kerosene was poured in and was about to light a match when police stopped them.
Ashok and Saudamini Sahu, who came from Nayagarh district, said they were desperate; They had been denied justice for their five-year-old daughter, who was kidnapped and killed in July.
After seizing the couple’s bottle of kerosene and a box of matches, security personnel detained them.
Ashok Sahu alleged that his young daughter was kidnapped while playing near his home on July 10.
His body was found days later in the family’s backyard with his eyes gouged out and his kidneys gouged out.
“Although we filed a complaint with the Nayagarh Sadar Police Station, no action was taken. We found her body dumped in our backyard two weeks later. We had even named the defendant in the district police superintendent’s complaint cell and the tax collector, but no action was taken to punish him, “Ashok Sahu said, according to the PTI news agency.
The Sahus claim that a key aide to a Nayagarh district minister is involved in the murder of their daughter and that the police “gave in to political pressure.”
They also allege that the accused and his associates attacked them on October 26 for refusing to withdraw their complaint.
“Although the police arrested 10 people for attacking us, they saved the main defendant,” Ashok Sahu alleged.
(PTI inputs)
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