Odisha's DG Prisons booked for sexual harassment of subordinate staff shifted from post

    Bhubaneswar, Nov 1 (PTI) Odisha's DG Prisons Susanta Kumar Nath was booked for allegedly sexually harassing a subordinate staff member and was shifted from the post pending an investigation, officials said on Sunday.

    Along with the senior IPS officer, who is one of the aspirants for the DGP post in the state, a friend of his was also booked in the same case.

    The government transferred Nath as an officer on special duty (OSD) in the Home Department, an inconsequential post, pending investigation, officials said.

    A case was registered against Nath and his friend, Kudleep Rath, under BNS sections involving sexual harassment, criminal intimidation and common intention.

    According to the complaint lodged by the alleged victim, who was a jailor, Rath made phone calls and sent her “suggestive and unwelcome” messages a few times since August 2025, asking her to meet the IPS officer for dinner.

    The woman also claimed that after she rejected the invitation, she was falsely implicated in a case involving the escape of prisoners from a jail under her charge.

    When contacted, Nath refused to comment on the matter.

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