Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- Bhubaneswar: BJD vice-president and Khandapada MLA Soumyaranjan Patnaik today stoked a huge controversy on Friday by terming the alleged case of abduction and murder of Pari, a five-year-old girl at Jadupur village in Nayagarh district, a 'minor incident'.

"Taking into the consideration into the demand of the opposition parties, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ordered a SIT probe into the incident. The SIT probe will find out the exact people involved," Soumya said while speaking to media persons in the premises of Odisha Assembly here.

Reacting to the questions on the alleged complicity of a cabinet minister (Arun Sahoo) in the case, Patnaik said, "How do you know that a Cabinet Minister is involved in the matter?...