60-year-old Das was shot at from point blank range by sub inspector Gopal Krushna Das at Brajrajnagar town yesterday when the minister was on his way to attend a programme in the district. He later succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.
The country’s interim prime minister said in a statement on Wednesday, calling it a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act.” First Lady Martine Moïse was hospitalized following the overnight attack
Maulana Samiul Haq, a former Pakistani Senator more widely known as the "Father of Taliban", was stabbed to death on Friday while resting in his room in Rawalpindi city, his family said.
