Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday transferred the jailor of Choudwar Circle Jail in Cuttack, days after two undertrial prisoners escaped from the high-security facility.

According to the Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services, Santoshini Dash, the jailor of Choudwar Circle Jail, has been transferred and posted to Kantabanji Sub-Jail in Balangir on administrative grounds.

In a corresponding move, Raghuraj Majhi, the incumbent jailor-cum-superintendent of Kantabanji Sub-Jail, has been posted as the new jailor of Choudwar Circle Jail, the Directorate informed.

The transfer follows the October 3 jailbreak, in which two undertrial prisoners — Raja Sahani of Lohia Nagar under Muffasil police limits in Begusarai district and Madhukanta Kumar of Rampur under Gaura police l

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