Bhubaneswar, June 17 -- A fresh political controversy erupted in Odisha on Wednesday after the Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari claimed that two important commission inquiry reports, which went missing from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) in Bhubaneswar, may have been 'deliberately stolen' rather than misplaced.

The Minister suggested that former Chief Minister and current Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik could also be questioned if required during the investigation.

Speaking during a television programme, Pujari alleged that the State government possesses sufficient evidence indicating that the files were not lost but removed after reaching the CMO. According to him, information regarding the disappearance of the documents sur...