Cuttack: Days after two hardcore criminals from Bihar escaped from the high-security Choudwar Circle Jail, Odisha’s prison administration on Monday transferred its superintendent in a reshuffle.

Official sources said Jail Superintendent Santoshini Dash has been transferred to Kantabanji Sub-Jail, signalling administrative accountability following the security breach.

Raghuraj Majhi, the current Jailor of Kantabanji Sub-Jail, will replace her. The change comes as part of immediate measures to strengthen jail security and restore public confidence in the State’s correctional system. ADVERTISEMENT

The daring escape of the Bihar-origin prisoners had raised serious questions about internal surveillance and management at Choudwar jail.

“In view of exigencies of public service and administra

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