DIG146;s killing: Sleuths sent to Koraput

A team of crime branch officers has been sent to Koraput to investigate the death of DIG of police Jaswinder Singh. The team is looking into the incident from different angles to establish whether it was a case of accidental firing by the PSO or if there was any other motive involved, official sources said. IGP crime branch, BK Sharma will monitor the investigation.

The sources said police seized the cell phone of the PSO Seshananda Sarangi, accused in the firing. It was said that he had made calls from it after the shooting.

DGP Amarananda Pattanayak had said on Tuesday that the 9 mm pistol of one of the two PSOs accompanying the DIG had gone off 8220;accidentally8221; killing the officer. The two PSOs had apparently panicked and fired at the windscreen of the vehicle from outside to cook up a story that they had been ambushed on the way by Naxalites, he said.