Bhubaneswar, March 20 (UNI) Assistant Sub Inspector of Police Gopal Krishna Das who shot dead Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das had never applied for leave citing medical treatment of his psychiatric disorder, Minister of State for Home Tusharkanti Behera told the Odisha Assembly on Monday.
Replying to a question from Narasingha Mishra (Cong), the Minister said the ASI had never submitted any representation for his transfer.
However, Behera said Gopal Das remained unauthorisedly absent from duty from February 3, 2014, to April 3, 2014.