Naba Das
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office
19 May 2009 – 29 January 2023
Preceded byKishore Kumar Mohanty
Succeeded byNiranjan Pujari
ConstituencyJharsuguda
Personal details
Born
Naba Kishore Das

(1962-01-07)7 January 1962
Died29 January 2023(2023-01-29) (aged 61)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Manner of deathAssassination (gunshot wounds)
NationalityIndian
Political partyBiju Janata Dal
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
SpouseMinati Das
Children2 (Dipali Das and Bishal Das)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessperson
WebsiteOfficial website

Naba Kishore Das (7 January 1962 – 29 January 2023) was an Indian politician who was a member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2009 until his murder, representing Jharsuguda. Originally a member of the Indian National Congress, he later switched to Biju Janata Dal.

Political career

Das was a member of Biju Janata Dal in Odisha politics. Earlier, he was in the Indian National Congress. Das was elected to the 14th Odisha Legislative Assembly with 62,663 votes.[1] He was then elected to the 15th Odisha Legislative Assembly for his second term.[2][3] He was also elected to the 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly for the third consecutive term.[4][5] At the time of his death, he served as the state's Minister of Health and Family Welfare.

Death

On 29 January 2023, a policeman of ASI (Assistant sub-inspector) rank, fired four or five bullets on Das as he stepped out of his car at Gandhi square. The incident took place in Brajarajnagar, Jharsuguda district, when the minister was on his way to attend a meeting. He later died whilst undergoing treatment at Apollo hospital in Bhubaneswar. The Odisha Government ordered an inquiry into the incident.[6] Then the crime branch took the accused policeman to the neighbouring Sundargargh district, where senior officers, including ADG Arun Bothra, questioned him.[7]

"Health Minister Naba Das was admitted to Apollo with gunshot wounds to the left chest. A team of doctors led by Dr Debashish Nayak immediately attended to and operated on him. During the operation, it was found that a single bullet had entered and exited the body, injuring the heart and left lung and causing massive internal bleeding and injury. The injuries were repaired, and steps were taken to improve the pumping of the heart. He was given urgent ICU care. But despite best efforts, he could not be revived and succumbed to his injuries," the statement read.

A 3-day state mourning was declared in Odisha. According to an official statement from the Odisha government, the national flag flew at half-mast on the day of death and on the day of the funeral.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014. 22516
  2. ↑ "Reports on Election 2014 - See page no. 124, archived on" (PDF). 6 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "CEO ODISHA". archive.is. 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Odisha: ఏఎస్సై కాల్పుల ఘటన.. తూటా గాయాలతో ఒడిశా ఆరోగ్య మంత్రి కన్నుమూత". 29 January 2023. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023.
  7. 1 2 "ASI opened fire at Odisha minister Naba das with 'clear intention to kill', says FIR". The Indian Express. 30 January 2023.
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