With opposition Congress and BJP demanding his resignation, Odisha Agriculture minister Pradeep Maharathy Thursday said "sorry" over his remark on the acquittal of accused persons in the sensational Pipili rape and murder case.
"I am sorry if anyone is hurt over my statement. I have no intention to hurt anyone. I am an open minded persons," Maharathy told reporters after the activists of Mahila Congress demanded his resignation and BJP members sought a CBI probe into the rape and subsequent death of the 19-year old dalit woman in Pipili area of Puri district.
On December 24, the court of additional district judge court in Bhubaneswar had acquitted the two accused persons arrested in the case.
On his reaction over the court judgement, Maharathy had said: "I welcome the court judgement. It is victory of the truth. The victim girl got the justice."
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