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Lawyers crossed Odisha connected Wednesday (October 8, 2025) abstained from tribunal enactment to protestation the brutal execution of elder advocator and State Bar Council (SBC) subordinate Pitabas Panda successful Berhampur 2 days ago.
The lawyers' agitation telephone was fixed by Odisha State Bar Council, which was observed by each barroom associations crossed the State, demanding justness for Panda, besides a elder BJP leader.
Stating that Panda was elected to the State Bar Council with the highest fig of votes, SBC president Sitanshu Mohan Dwivedi demanded contiguous apprehension of culprits, capable compensation to the victim's family, a high-level enquiry into the incidental and implementation of the Advocate Protection Act.
Panda (50) was changeable dormant by 2 chartless bike-borne miscreants portion helium was lasting adjacent his location astatine Brahma Nagar country of Berhampur municipality connected Monday night. He sustained a slug wounded connected the close thorax and was declared dormant by the doctors of MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur.
The State Bar Council besides urged the authorities government, the DGP and each acrophobic authorities to woody with the incidental with utmost urgency.
While the members of Orissa High Court Bar Council held a rally demanding justness for Panda and submitted a memorandum to Cuttack District Collector, the Bhubaneswar Bar Association lawyers besides held a dharna successful beforehand of the territory and sessions justice tribunal present and refrained from joining tribunal work.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik and different governmental parties person powerfully condemned the incidental and condoled the decease of Panda. The main curate has instructed the constabulary to guarantee exemplary punishment for the culprits progressive successful the incident.
Meanwhile, Bar Council of India (BCI) has besides expressed heavy interest implicit the execution of Pitabas Panda. BCI president Manan Kumar Mishra demanded the contiguous enactment of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident.
The BCI sought an impartial and transparent probe and urged authorities to implicit the probe successful a time-bound manner, with the punctual apprehension of each perpetrators, conspirators, and facilitators, and betterment of weapons and integer grounds related to the crime.
Mr. Mishra said the information and dignity of advocates are non-negotiable.
The BCI has written a missive to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, and DGP Y.B. Khurania seeking the enactment of an SIT headed by a elder IPS officer.
Though astir 30 hours person already passed since the execution took place, the constabulary person nary hint regarding the killers, said advocator Sushant Kumar Rath, a subordinate of the Bhubaneswar Bar Association.
Police sources said that a 9 mm pistol was utilized successful the execution of Panda aft a ballistic introspection of the cartridge cases recovered from the execution spot.
Berhampur constabulary person formed six abstracted teams to place and nab the killers, who were suspected to beryllium nonrecreational criminals.
