Bitti Mohanty, convicted for rape of German tourist, arrested in Kerala

Bitti Mohanty, the absconding son of former Odisha DGP BB Mohanty, was today taken into custody by Kerala Police. Nearly seven years after he jumped bail while serving sentence for the rape of a German national in Rajasthan, police finally managed to catch hold him.

Bitti Mohanty was working as a Probationary Officer in a public sector bank here by impersonating as a person from Andhra Pradesh. He was picked up by police last night from Pazhayangadi near here.

Police sources said they had been in touch with their counterparts in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, and from interactions with them they were almost sure that the person under custody was none other than Bitti Mohanty.

Kannur SP Rahul R Nair said that Rajasthan Police have been asked to come to Kannur and confirm his identity as he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in 2006 for raping the 26-year-old German woman at Alwar.

For the time being the person had been charged with cheating, impersonation and forgery and would be produced before a local court after completing the arrest proceedings before being handed over to Rajasthan police, Nair said.

Police were tipped off about the presence of Bitti here after an anonymous letter was received by the bank branch authorities expressing suspicion that the man claiming to be from Andhra Pradesh could be Bitti.

After jumping bail in 2006, Bitti obtained an MBA degree and managed to get into the bank as a probationary officer.

What exposed Bitti was that his photo was among the pictures of accused in various sex crimes shown by television hannels and floated on the Internet in the wake of the Delhi gangrape incident, sources said.

Kerala Home Minister T Radhakrishnan said, "Yes, we got convincing evidence that he is a convict in the case.... We are looking at the merits of the case. We will proceed against him. We are in the right path of investigation in the case".

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