Bhubaneswar, Nov. 3 -- Fresh allegations have surfaced against former Odisha Prisons Director General (DG) Susanta Nath on Tuesday. Suspended Balasore Jail Superintendent Pradipta Kumar Mahalik accused him of pressuring him to implicate an inmate in a brown sugar case.

Mahalik reportedly alleged that the then Prisons DG attempted to force him to frame a prisoner in a drug-related case inside Balasore Jail. He further claimed that his refusal to follow the alleged instructions led to his suspension.

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In a letter dated November 2, addressed to the Additional Chief Secretary of the Home Department, Mahalik has raised concerns over what he described ...