Orissa MLA shot dead, Naveen orders probe

Orissa legislator Jagabandhu Majhi of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and his personal security officer were Saturday shot dead by unidentified men in the state's Maoist-hit Nabrangpur district, police said.

Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered a probe by the crime branch. Condemning the killing of Majhi as "brutal and savage," the chief minister said the MLA was disabled and had been confined to a wheel chair.

The Umarkot legislator was attending a public function at Gona village in the district, over 500 km from here.

"Three people came on motorcycles and opened fire at the legislator," District Superintendent of Police Nitin Sekhar said.