Bhubaneswar: Cuttack police on Sunday arrested Choudwar circle jail’s senior superintendent Sujit Kumar Raula for allegedly tampering with prison records and forging the signature of a former jailor following escape of two murder accused last year.The action came days after Orissa high court, on Aug 29, withdrew his interim protection and rejected his anticipatory bail plea. “We formally arrested him in a forgery case registered at Choudwar police station on Jan 17 based on a complaint lodged by former jailor Santoshini Dash,” a senior police officer told TOI.In her complaint, Dash alleged that Raula manipulated jail records and forged her signature after undertrials Madhukant Rana and Raja Sahani escaped from the prison premises late on the night of Oct 2, 2025.Following the jailbreak, two warders were suspended, while Dash, who was serving as the jailor at Choudwar jail, was transferred to Kantabanji sub-jail in Balangir district.Dash further alleged that Raula remained absent from duty without authorisation and returned only after escape of the two inmates. According to her complaint, the official gate-entry register for Oct 1, 2 and 3 was deliberately tampered with to project that Raula had remained present in the jail during duty hours. She also accused him of forging her signature in the jail minutes book on Oct 2 in a bid to shift responsibility for security lapse and falsely implicate her.Raula, however, denied the allegations and lodged a counter-complaint against Dash on Jan 18, accusing her of dereliction of duty and indirectly facilitating the jailbreak.In his complaint, Raula alleged that Dash, who was responsible for overall jail security, allowed the inmates to leave their cells on two occasions without his permission.