Bhubaneswar: Days after former jailer of Balasore district jail, Pradipta Kumar Mahalik (50), wrote to the home department accusing former prisons director general (DG) Susanta Kumar Nath of trying to pressurise him to frame an inmate in a false drugs case, he lodged a formal police complaint against the senior IPS officer on Tuesday.In his complaint at Capital police station, Mahalik claimed, “In Oct, ex-DG Nath and his associates hatched a conspiracy against the undertrial prisoner and threatened me with dire consequences if I did not plant brown sugar in (Rajiv Lochan) Das’s pocket. When I refused to carry out the illegal and inhuman order, I was suspended,” Mahalik stated in his complaint.“We have received the complaint and are verifying the claims through a preliminary inquiry. If prima facie evidence emerges, a formal case will be registered,” DCP Saravana Vivek M said. Nath could not be reached for comment.