Bitti Mohanty

Bitty Mohanty
Born
Bitihotra Mohanty
Died11 August 2024
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesBitti, Bitty, Raghav Rajan
OccupationEmployee
Years active2006–2024
Known forRape of German national

Bitihotra "Bitti" Mohanty (died 11 August 2024) was an Indian computer engineer and convict[1] sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for raping a German tourist at Alwar, India. After being released on parole to visit his ailing mother at Cuttack, Orissa on 20 November 2006, he absconded from custody. He was arrested again from Kannur in Kerala, on Saturday, 9 March 2013.[2][3][4]

His case was one of the quickest rape trials conducted by a fast-track court; the trial was completed within 15 days of lodging the complaint.[5] The parole was granted within 8 months of his conviction.[3] His father, Bidya Bhushan Mohanty (B.B. Mohanty), an Indian Police Service officer, stood as surety for his son's 15 days' parole and was subsequently suspended and arrested on the charges of helping, hiding and harbouring his son.[2][3] He was later reinstated into service in 2009 and retired in 2012.[6] Six years after his son's disappearance, the father expressed ignorance about his son's whereabouts and asserted that his son did not commit any major crime.[3]

A.S. Gill (the Director General of Police of Rajasthan) and B.B. Mohanty were batch mates, and it was alleged that the investigation was slowed down due to intervention of high-ranking officials.[6] The investigating parole officer was transferred abruptly on 29 May 2007, and this hampered a speedy investigation.[6]

  1. ^ PTI (1 January 2010). "Rajasthan Police will try to arrest Bitty Mohanty : CM". Zeenews. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Mohanty surrenders in Jaipur". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Where is Bitti Mohanty?". The Times of India, Times Now. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Has Navin Patnaik forgotten Bitti case?". The Times of India, Times Now. 1 January 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  5. ^ Garg, Abhinav (4 January 2013). "Rape trials shouldn't take more than 15-20 days". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  6. ^ a b c Rakesh Dixit, Sudhanshu Mishra (3 January 2012). "Accused of raping a german woman, man still at large after six years". India Today. Retrieved 4 January 2012.