Jajpur: BJP Jajpur MP Rabindra Narayan Behera has demanded a high-level Crime Branch inquiry into a minor girl from the district who has been missing for six years.
Behera Monday met Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and submitted a written petition urging a CID-Crime Branch investigation into the missing minor girl case. The girl went missing while playing in front of her house at Madhusudanpur village under Binjharpur block in Jajpur district August 9, 2020.
In the letter, the MP expressed concern over the plight of Monalisa Nayak, the mother of the missing girl. The mother has alleged that her daughter went missing and the local police, though informed immediately, did not take the required actions.
The MP said: “Though the girl’s family approached local police shortly after the incident, the matter was not acted upon with the required urgency, although a case was subsequently registered by the local police station August 14, 2020.”
Behera said that the girl’s mother has approached the Jajpur SP, but failed to get justice. He also raised questions over the conduct of the then Inspector-in-Charge of Binjharpur police station, Niranjan Sabar and accused him of delay and negligence in handling the sensitive case.
The MP also questioned the manner in which the initial probe was conducted. “Nearly six years later, the girl still remains untraced, leaving her family without answers,” he said.
The case had also drawn the attention of the National Human Rights Commission, which had directed the Odisha police authorities to submit a report on the investigation.
In 2022, Binjharpur police had announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for information that could help trace the missing girl.
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