Overview
- Two Indian Revenue Service officers assisting the state’s top income tax chief were stopped at Lok Bhavan and taken to the Capital Police Station during Thursday’s courtesy call on the Governor.
- PCCIT D. Sudhakara Rao filed a formal complaint calling the treatment high-handed and rejecting claims the officers were drunk during their official duty.
- Bhubaneswar police later described the episode as a miscommunication and confirmed that no complaint was filed and no case was registered.
- Raj Bhavan set up a four-member committee of senior officials to establish the sequence of events and report its findings to the Governor within days.
- Political pressure intensified as the BJD sought the suspension of the aide-de-camp, the Governor’s protocol and security liaison, which could push changes to access rules and personnel at Lok Bhavan.