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- Odisha Police have summoned former IAS officer V.K.
- Pandian to appear before an assistant commissioner of police in Bhubaneswar on July 25 as part of a probe into the disappearance of two inquiry reports from the Chief Minister's Office.
- The missing reports concern the 2008 killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and the 2016 SUM Hospital fire, and an FIR filed by the state home department alleges they may have been intentionally removed or concealed, since other files from the same period were returned to the Home department in June 2024.
- Pandian, a former private secretary to ex-chief minister Naveen Patnaik who later joined the BJD, is the latest person summoned; notices were earlier issued to former IT secretary Manoj Mishra, who recorded his statement, and IAS officer Rajesh Verma, who did not appear.
- The probe touches on politically sensitive episodes, including the 2008 Kandhamal violence and a fatal hospital fire, making the outcome significant for questions of accountability over official records.
What to watch next
- Whether Pandian appears before the ACP on July 25 as directed
- Whether IAS officer Rajesh Verma, who did not appear earlier, is questioned or faces action
- What investigators conclude about how and when the two reports went missing from the CMO
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Named India · Naveen Patnaik · SUM Hospital · Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita · Biju Janata Dal · Justice A.S. Naidu Commission · Manoj Mishra · Odisha Police · Rajesh Verma · Sarath Chandra Marandi · V.K. Pandian
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