India, June 11 -- The Odisha government on Wednesday lodged a case over the disappearance of inquiry reports into the state's worst communal violence and the death of 24 patients in a fire at Bhubaneswar's SUM Hospital from the chief minister's office (CMO) during the last days of the Naveen Patnaik government in 2024.

The case related to the Justice AS Naidu Commission and Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Central) or RCD (Central) inquiry reports was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections related to criminal breach of trust, concealment and destruction of documents, and criminal conspiracy against unknown people

Justice Naidu looked into the killing of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and f...