Cuttack: With the ongoing investigations into the mysterious death of album and cine actor Ranajit Patnaik alias Raja going nowhere, Soro police Monday wrote to the director of the state forensic laboratory to conduct polygraph tests on the three suspects.
The inspector-in-charge of Soro police station, Parsuram Sahu, said the suspect trio—television actress Pralipta Priyadarshini Samal alias Jessi, programme coordinator Pralay Jena and driver Dhaneswar Behera—revealed no crucial information on Raja’s death despite repeated interrogation.
The three people are the only witnesses in the case as they accompanied Raja (38) in a car on the fateful night. Police claimed to have got the trio’s consensus to carry out the polygraph tests.
After Sahu wrote to Balasore SP Niti Sekhar Sunday seeking permission for the polygraph test, Sekhar wrote a letter to the state forensic laboratory in this regard.
Meanwhile, Sahu recorded the statements of a doctor of Bhadrak district headquarters hospital, Karunakar Rout, who had initially treated Raja. Rout said Raja’s body had several injuries when he was brought to the hospital and that his hand was fractured. The actor also sustained severe injuries in his chest. Rout had referred Raja to SCB Medical College and Hospital after his condition deteriorated. Police also recorded the statements of the ambulance driver, an attendant and pharmacists, said sources. PNN
