Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Odisha Prison Official Arrested Over Alleged Jail-Break Forgery
Two prisoners escaped from a high-security jail in Odisha.
They were accused of murder and loot.
The escape happened early in the morning on October 3, 2025.
The prisoners climbed over the jail’s boundary wall.
The jail’s former jailor was transferred because officials said she had failed in her duty.
The prisoners were later found and arrested again.
Police now accuse a senior prison official, Sujit Kumar Roul, of changing official records.
They say he did this to make the former jailor appear responsible for the escape.
Senior prison official Sujit Kumar Roul was arrested over alleged forgery linked to the Choudwar jail escape.
Police allege Roul manipulated the minute book, prison record and former jailor’s signature.
Two undertrial prisoners, Raja Sahani and Chandrakant Kumar, escaped from Choudwar jail on October 3, 2025.
The prisoners, accused of murder and loot, reportedly escaped by scaling the prison’s boundary wall.
Former jailor Santoshini Dash was transferred for alleged dereliction of duty, while the prisoners were later arrested again.
- Who
- Senior prison official Sujit Kumar Roul, former jailor Santoshini Dash, and escaped undertrial prisoners Raja Sahani and Chandrakant Kumar.
- What
- Roul was arrested for allegedly forging and manipulating prison records to blame the former jailor for a prison escape.
- When
- The escape occurred on October 3, 2025; Roul was arrested late Sunday evening, according to the report.
- Where
- Choudwar jail in Cuttack, Odisha.
- Why
- Police allege the records were altered to make the former jailor appear responsible and harm her reputation.
- Prison
- Choudwar jail, a high-security prison in Cuttack, Odisha
- Escape date
- October 3, 2025
- Escaped prisoners
- Raja Sahani and Chandrakant Kumar, both from Bihar
- Allegations against prisoners
- They were undertrial prisoners accused of murder and loot
- Arrested official
- Senior prison official Sujit Kumar Roul
- Former jailor
- Santoshini Dash, who was transferred for alleged dereliction of duty
- Alleged misconduct
- Manipulation of the minute book, prison record and former jailor’s signature