Bhubaneswar, Oct. 23 -- A shocking revelation has come to the fore on how Mahaling Regional College in Kalahandi, which has been in the eye of a storm since the sensational murder case of a local school teacher Mamita Meher, continued to earn the blind patronization of the government.

The mastermind of the murder case, Gobinda Sahu, a contractor-turned-edu entrepreneur who ran the college earned the benefits from the government funds even as scores of other educational institutions in Golamunda block of the district wailed in neglect.

As per government records, the college was a major beneficiary of government funds like MPLAD or Western Odisha Development Corporation (WODC).

In a very short period of time, the college situated in a sl...