Bolangir: A ten-member Crime Branch team has intensified its probe into the alleged suicide of Gobinda Sahu, the prime accused in Mamita Maher murder case, in Kantabanji sub-jail. The sudden death of Gobinda has led to claims and counterclaims with the jail authorities and police claiming it to be a suicide while family members have termed it as murder. While the mystery is yet to be unraveled, a photograph of the place where Gobinda allegedly committed suicide inside the jail has gone viral, Thursday. The photograph has given rise to more doubts about Gobinda’s death.
In the photograph, two napkins were found hanging from the railings of a window that is fitted with iron doors. One of the napkins is blue in colour with white prints while another is white and soiled. It is suspected that the second white napkin was being used for mopping the kitchen in the jail. A piece of tree trunk used to cut meat is also seen under the window along with a pair of slippers lying nearby. It is suspected that the photograph shows the window railings of the kitchen from where Gobinda committed suicide inside the Kantabanji sub-jail. The place where Gobinda committed suicide inside the jail is not covered under CCTV surveillance. The death of Gobinda inside the jail has become even more mysterious after the photograph went viral.
Questions are being raised such as who took the tree trunk near the window and at what time while avoiding the close watch of the jail staff, how Gobinda got the two napkins, when did he commit suicide, and who first spotted him after the suicide. It is also being asked who made the photograph viral and with what motive. These questions have remained unsolved and need to be answered. Gobinda’s uncle-in-law made some serious allegations Wednesday. He alleged that Gobinda has been murdered inside the jail by engaging Supari killers and rejected the CB probe while demanding a probe by the CBI.