Senior IPS Officer Susanta Kumar Nath Removed as Odisha DG Prisons After Woman Jailor Alleges Sexual Harassment
Police registered a case against Susanta Kumar Nath after a subordinate accused him of harassment, threats and intimidation, and the state shifted him to a punishment post.
- On Sunday, the Odisha government transferred Director General of Prisons Susanta Kumar Nath to an OSD post after police booked him for sexual harassment and criminal intimidation following a subordinate's complaint.
- The complainant, a former Choudwar Circle Jail jailor, alleged that Nath and associate Kuldeep Rath repeatedly sent "suggestive and unwelcome" messages and dinner invitations beginning in July 2025.
- After she rejected the advances, the complainant claimed she was falsely implicated in a prisoner escape case and suspended, with her subsistence allowance withheld for six months until the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights intervened.
- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievance, Law and Justice, headed by Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar, summoned officials for November 3 regarding the case.
- Nath, a 59-year-old IPS officer, remains an aspirant for the state's DGP post, though the selection process remains sub-judice in the Supreme Court following disputes over his integrity certificate.
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Senior Odisha IPS Officer Faces Sexual Harassment Charges, Transferred
Odisha's Director General of Prisons, Susanta Kumar Nath, has been booked for alleged sexual harassment of a subordinate staff member and subsequently transferred to an inconsequential post. A case was registered against Nath and a friend, Kudleep Rath, based on a complaint by a jailor who alleged unwelcome messages and invitations, followed by retaliatory actions including false implication in a prisoner escape case and suspension. The matter h…
If you had met me...: Odisha Prisons DG accused of harassing former woman jailer
A former woman jail official has accused Odisha Prisons DG Sushant Kumar Nath of threatening her career and the safety of her children after she refused to meet him privately. The complaint also alleges sexual harassment and pressure to withdraw a case against a former jail superintendent.
Woman jailer accuses Odisha IPS officer of sexual harassment; govt removes him from post
The state government faces serious allegations as a former jailer files a sexual harassment case against Susanta Kumar Nath, a DG-rank IPS officer. Nath, recently reassigned from his role as DG prisons to officer on special duty, is accused of inappropriate behavior facilitated by his associate, alongside retaliatory actions after another complaint surfaced.
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