Bhubaneswar: Wife and daughter of Gobind Sahu, the prime accused in murder of a woman teacher Mamita Meher, on Sunday urged Chief Minister Mohan Majhi for a reinvestigation into his alleged death by suicide.
During the meeting with the CM at his official residence, they expressed serious doubts over Sahu’s alleged suicide and submitted a memorandum, demanding a thorough probe to unravel the truth behind his death.
In 2021, the woman teacher’s murder had triggered huge political controversy as the accused was alleged to have close links with Dibya Shankar Mishra, former Minister of State for Home.
Sahu was the promoter of Sunshine English Medium School, at Mahaling in Kalahandi district, where Mamita worked as a teacher. A resident of Jharni village in Balangir’s Turekela block, she went