Bitti Mohanty, the abscondingson of former Odisha DGP BB Mohanty, who was sentenced toseven years imprisonment for raping a 26-year-old Germannational in 2006, has been taken into custody by Kerala Policehere.
According to police sources, Bitti was working in apublic sector bank in the district impersonating as a recruitfrom Andhra Pradesh.
Police were tipped off about the presence of Bitti hereafter an anonymous letter was received by the bank branchauthorities expressing suspicion that the man claiming to befrom Andhra Pradesh could be Bitti.
What exposed Bitti was that his photo was among thepictures of accused in various sex crimes shown by televisionchannels and floated on the Internet in the wake of the Delhigangrape incident, the sources said.
Bitti was convicted for raping a German woman at Alwar inRajasthan in 2006 and had been absconding after his release onparole the same year.
Kerala Police has intimated Rajasthan Police of thematter.
A team of Rajasthan Police is expected to arrive herethis afternoon to confirm the identity of the absconder, afterwhich the arrest would be recorded, sources said.
Former DGP BB Mohanty was suspended for allegedly helpinghis son jump parole, only to be reinstated by the Odishagovernment in May 2009. A year later he retired with allbenefits - maintaining that his escaped son might be dead.