# Ex-jailer files police complaint against IPS officer Susanta Nath 2026-11-10T21:51:51+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Former Balasore district jailer Pradipta Kumar Mahalik, 50, lodged a formal police complaint at Capital police station in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, against former prisons director general Susanta Kumar Nath. Mahalik alleged that in October Nath and his associates conspired to frame an undertrial prisoner, Rajiv Lochan Das, by planting brown sugar in his pocket, and threatened him with dire consequences if he did not comply. He said he was suspended after refusing to follow the order. Deputy Commissioner of Police Saravana Vivek M said the complaint has been received and a preliminary inquiry is underway, if prima facie evidence emerges, a formal case will be registered. Nath could not be reached for comment. Sambad English reported that Nath is already facing a sexual harassment and criminal intimidation complaint from former woman jailor Santoshini Dash, and has been removed as DG Prisons and transferred as an OSD in the Home Department. Nath and his associate Kuldeep Rath have approached the Orissa High Court seeking quashing of that FIR and anticipatory bail. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both outlets report the same core facts: a former jailer has accused ex-DG Nath of pressuring him to frame an inmate and was suspended after refusing. The Times of India leads with the new complaint and quotes the DCP on next steps, while Sambad English frames the story as a fresh development in a wider controversy, adding the context of Nath's earlier sexual harassment case and his High Court petition. Neither outlet editorialises, making this uniform straight reporting. The key open point is the outcome of the preliminary police inquiry and the High Court hearing on Nath's anticipatory bail plea. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Leads with new complaint and police response, no slant - sambadenglish.com (neutral report) Reports facts with background of earlier case, no slant This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Balasore, Odisha, Pradipta Kumar Mahalik, Susanta Nath Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ex-jailer-files-police-complaint-against-ips-officer-susanta-nath/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ex-jailer-files-police-complaint-against-ips-officer-susanta-nath/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/