Who was Naba Kishore Das, Odisha Health Minister shot dead by cop?

Odisha Health Minister Naba Das was shot on Sunday and taken to the hospital. His health is still in serious condition. The incident occurred about 12.30 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon in the Jharsuguda district's Brajarajnagar neighbourhood. According to sources, it was ASI Gopal Das, a police officer, who opened fire on Das.

Naba Kisore Das was rushed to the hospital immediately after being shot in the chest. When the police officer saw the minister depart his car at Gandhi Square, he fired four or five rounds. On his way to a meeting, the minister was assaulted in Brajrajnagar, the district capital.

Who is Naba Kisore Das?
Naba Kisore Das is regarded as one of Odisha's most powerful politicians. He has amassed a great deal of fortune and is well-known for it. He has a fleet of high-end vehicles. He has a great deal of respect and influence in the neighbourhood where he was shot. He was a member of the Congress until 2019, when he left to join the BJD, where he became a minister.

Naba Kisore Das, the third of five siblings in the family, began his political career as a student. He attended Gangadhar Meher College in the Sambalpur area in the 1980s when he first rose to prominence as a Congress politician. He spent a long time in the Congress, then switched to the BJD four years ago and was quickly promoted to minister of health.

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Naba Kisor Das was recently in the headlines because of a rumoured donation of a gold urn worth more than Rs 1 crore to a temple in Maharashtra. The Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra is one of the most well-known Shani temples in India, and it is said that Das presented an urn composed of 1.7 kg gold and 5 kg silver to the temple.