4 Police Personnel Suspended Over Robber’s Escape From Custody In Odisha’s Jajpur

Jajpur: Four police personnel have been suspended after an accused in a robbery case escaped from the premises of Kalinganagar police station in Odisha’s Jajpur district.

Two assistant sub-inspectors (ASI) and two constables have been placed under suspension by the Jajpur Superintendent of Police in connection with the incident, sources said.

The suspended ASIs were identified as Achutananda Das and Lakshmidhar Raj. Similarly, constables Ram Murmu and Prashant Kumar have also been suspended.

As per information, an accused named Chakra Behera, who had been taken into custody in a robbery case, escaped from the police station on December 5 after breaking the exhaust fan in the toilet. Chakra Behera had been held in connection with a robbery incident in the local Shalijunga area

The police arrested Chakra from Sobra village under Jajpur Road police limits on December 5 and took him to the police station. On the same night, the accused went to the toilet, broke the exhaust fan of the toilet, and escaped due to alleged negligence and dereliction of duty on the part of the four police personnel, sources added.