Badampahar police station Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Sashadhara Sethi was transferred in connection with the wrongful arrest of a man and his son in a murder case.
Sethi was transferred to the district police headquarters here on the directions of the Mayurbhanj SP.
Due to a faulty probe by the Badampahar police, two innocent persons had to languish in jail for three months in connection with a murder case of a woman, who was later found to be alive.
The action was taken after father-son duo was released from jail recently.
According to reports, the Badampahar police had recovered a charred body of an unidentified woman from a forest on April 27. During investigation, the police identified her as Raimani Bankira, wife of Sanjay Nayak, a resident of Purunapani village under the Badampahar PS.
Later, the police later arrested the deceased woman’s husband Sanjay Nayak and father-in-law Mangal Nayak suspecting their involvement in her murder.
After their bail applications were rejected by a local court, the duo was sent to the Rairangpur Sub-jail.
Later, Mangal wife Pana informed the Badampahar police about existence of Raimani, whose charred body was reportedly recovered from forest in April, in Cuttack. Based on her inputs, the police rushed to Cuttack and found Raimani alive.