Police arrested a man on Monday night from Damodarpur in Khunta block of Mayurbhanj district for allegedly marrying a woman posing as an IAS officer.
The arrestee was identified as Rajat Panda of Tihidi area in Bhadrak district. He had married a woman at a temple in Udala on May 20 after identifying himself as lingaraj Panda, Sub-Collector of Malkangiri district. He was staying at his “in-laws” house in Damodarpur thereafter.
later, Khunta police came to know that a case was pending against him at Malkangiri police station following which he was arrested.
However, his “in-laws” have not lodged any police complaint against him due to which he will be handed over to Malkangiri police, sources said. Panda was earlier arrested in 2015 for his alleged involvement in the Seashore Group chit fund scam and lodged in the Jharpada Special Jail in Bhubaneswar, police sources said.