Bhubaneswar: The sensational Choudwar jailbreak case has taken a new turn with Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar levelling serious allegations against top police and prison officials and seeking registration of FIR against them.
The BJP leader reportedly lodged a complaint on Thursday demanding a fresh FIR against Director General of Prisons Sushanta Kumar Nath and the Choudwar Circle Jail senior superintendent Sujit Kumar Roul in connection with the October 2025 Choudwar jail escape case.
In a complaint to the Choudwar IIC, the MP alleged that the Choudwar Circle Jail senior superintendent facilitated the escape of two hardcore under-trial prisoners Subham alias Raja Sahani and Madhukanta Kumar alias Rana on the intervening night of October 2 and 3 last year.
It was further alleged that he had later orchestrated a cover-up involving suppression of facts, forgery of signatures, document tampering and misuse of position.
“An FIR related to the jailbreak has already been registered by Choudwar police and its investigation is underway. However, the current complaint concerns a larger conspiracy involving senior officials and additional serious cognisable offences that extend beyond the scope of the allegations contained in the earlier FIR,” the MP said in his letter.
Kumar sought registration of an FIR against the senior jail superintendent and Prisons DG alleging while the former facilitated escape of the two criminals, the latter permitted commission of the offence.
The Prisons DG and the senior jail superintendent are yet to respond to the allegations made by the Rajha Sabha member.
