Bhubaneswar, Feb. 12 -- The controversy surrounding BJP leader and advocate Pitabas Panda murder case on Thursday took a dramatic turn after serious allegations were levelled by advocate Deepak Pattnaik, counsel for accused Bikram Panda. The claims have added a fresh layer of mystery and raised questions about key evidence mentioned in the chargesheet.

Pattnaik has questioned the alleged disappearance of certain objectionable photographs of his client, Bikram Panda. According to him, a few objectionable pictures of Bikram were stored in a pen drive in Pitabas Panda's house in Berhampur.

After Pitabas' death, a crucial key to a secret chamber was reportedly recovered from his sacred thread (paita) during the investigation. The chamber wa...