Domestic Help at Odisha Minister’s Residence Dies in Suspected Electrocution

Overview

• The deceased was identified by police as 46-year-old Shankarshan Nag from Belpahar in Balangir district.
• Minister Krushna Chandra Patra’s personal staff found him unconscious in the official quarter and he was declared dead on arrival at Capital Hospital.
• Bhubaneswar police registered an unnatural-death case and sent the body for post-mortem, with results awaited.
• DCP Jagmohan Meena said initial assessment points to accidental electrocution as further investigation continues.
• BJD leader Sanjay Das Burma demanded a thorough probe, alleged media were prevented from speaking to the family, and sought a response from Chief Minister Mohan Majhi as the minister has not commented.