In a letter to the registrar of the Orissa High Court, the home department requested the investigation into the killing of the minister should either be monitored by a sitting/ retired judge of the High Court or by a district judge.
Currently, the Crime Branch of the state police is probing the sensational incident in which an assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) shot dead the minister at Brajrajnagar in Jharsuguda on Sunday.
The home department letter stated that murder of the health minister is a sensitive issue in which a policeman is involved. Hence, there is a need to maintain highest level of transparency in the investigation process.
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