The Malkangiri police on Sunday lodged a murder case against district Collector Manish Agarwal and three other officials. The police initially suspected it to be a case of suicide but later converted it into a case of unnatural death. After six months of the incident, family members of Panda went public alleging foul play. Banaja Panda, wife of the deceased, moved the court of the SDJM, Malkangiri seeking registration of a case of murder against the district collector. She alleged that her husband had come to know about certain corruption cases involving the district collector and others for which he might have been killed.

Source: The Hindu November 15, 2020 21:33 UTC