Click to play videoBhubaneswar: Despite Rajasthan government saying they would arrest Orissa to cop BB Mohanty - accused of helping his son escape the law - there was no arrest on Wednesday.
While the police are none the wiser about the whereabouts of Mohanty’s son Biti convicted of rape, CNN-IBN has learnt from sources that rape convict Biti Mohanty is somewhere in Uttar Pradesh.
While some police sources say he is still in Orissa, it’s even speculated that Biti might have fled the country.
While father Mohanty is capable of answering these questions, he continues to maintain a syoic silence.
"I do not want to answer about his whereabouts. I do not know where he is otherwise my mother would not have suffered. I am ready to cooperate with the law to catch him," he says.
If Biti - who was convicted for raping a German scholar in Rajasthan last year is in Orissa - he cannot be traced, unless Orissa police cooperates.
But the Orissa police seem to be adopting a passive role.
"We will search him only if we get the court's order to find Biti or Rajasthan police come here and seek our help in the matter," says Orissa Home Secretary Tarun Kanti Mishra.
Rajasthan police say Biti can be traced once Mohanty is arrested. But Orissa government claims Rajasthan has not communicated with them.
"I think if the Rajasthan government need any help from us in this regard they should communicate," said Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik.
B B Mohanty has said that his rape convict son Biti Mohanty had seen the appeal made by him to surrender three months back on CNN-IBN. But as he was in the process of doing so he was stopped by his friends. Mohanty says he was never in touch with this son again after that.
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