May 21: Orissa additional director-general of police (home guards) B.B. Mohanti, today did not surrender before a sessions court in Rajasthan, fuelling speculation that he might be arrested by the police there.

The police officer is facing charges of facilitating his son’s parole jumping. Bitihotra Mohanti, his son, is convicted of raping a German tourist last year and has been evading arrest for long now.

On Saturday, Supreme Court had refused to extend the stay order on the arrest of Mohanti after it granted him relief for six weeks. The six-week relief came to an end today.

Though Mohanti was expected to surrender before a court in Jaipur today, the senior police officer was no where near the Pink City. Rather, he attended office in Cuttack.

Mohanti said he moved Rajasthan High Court today through a lawyer for a stay order on the proceedings arising out of the FIR registered against him by the Rajasthan police at Lal Kothi police station.

On January 10 criminal cases were lodged against Mohanti for “conspiring” to facilitate his son’s parole evasion. For several months now, the officer has been stating that he has no “idea” of where his son is.

Jaipur’s inspector-general of police O.P. Galhotra told The Telegraph that his department was weighing all options.

“I am yet to discuss the case with my seniors. But the arrest option is surely open to us,” he said over phone from Jaipur.

Today, Mohanti, looking rather relaxed, said he has no problems in discussing his possible surrender or arrest. “I will wait for the outcome of the petition filed (before Rajasthan High Court),” he said.