Brahmapur: The wife of Assistant Sub-Inspector Gopal Das, who fired at Odisha Health Minister Naba Das, said that her husband was suffering from mental disorder for the last eight years. She also said that her husband was on medication and doing fine. The ASI’s wife made this claim while talking to the media on Sunday and said that she was not aware of why her husband fired at the minister. “My name is Jayanti Das. I heard the news, then what would I say. How do I say why she took this step? I haven’t spoken to her since morning.
Today at around 11 am, he spoke to my daughter on a video call, but suddenly his contact was lost. His mental condition was not good and he was also taking medicines for this. He was on medicine for the last 8 years. He was behaving well after taking the medicine. He was operated upon.
During the operation, it was found that a bullet had entered and exited the body, causing injury to the heart and left lung and causing massive internal bleeding and injury, officials said. He further added that steps were taken to improve the pumping of the heart. He was immediately given ICU care. But even after lakhs of attempts, he could not be saved and finally he died.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the unfortunate demise of Minister Naba Das. The Odisha CMO quoted him as saying, “He was an asset to both the government and the party. His death is a great loss to the state of Odisha.” Earlier today, Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid their last respects to state Health Minister Naba Kishore Das at the minister’s residence here. The mortal remains of senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader were brought to his official residence in the early hours today.