New Delhi: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das has died during treatment. Nab Kishore Das was shot at by a policeman during the day on Sunday.
Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das, who sustained bullet injuries, has died, an Apollo Hospital official said. On Sunday afternoon, ASI Gopal Das fired several bullets at Naba Kishore Das in Brajrajnagar town of Jharsuguda district of Odisha.
The Health Minister was going to attend a meeting and got out of the car to accept the greetings of the people present there.
The minister, who was injured in the attack, was first taken to a hospital in Jharsuguda but later airlifted to a hospital in Bhubaneswar.
After this attack, the locals caught the accused ASI and handed him over to the police.
Condemning the incident, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the Crime Branch has been directed to investigate the matter. The Chief Minister also visited the Naba Kishore Das hospital in Bhubaneswar.