Bhubaneswar: Assistant section officer (ASO) of Odisha Governor’s Secretariat Baikuntha Pradhan was transferred today, a notification issued by the Home Department in this regard mentioned.

The ASO has been posted as such to the Home Department against an existing vacancy with immediate effect, the official circular stated. Before this transfer order, Pradhan was working as the ASO of the Parliamentary Affairs Department.

It is pertinent to mention, ASO Pradhan previously alleged that he was assaulted on July 7 by Odisha Governor’s son Lalit Kumar, including five others at Raj Bhawan in Puri.

Subsequently, Pradhan lodged an FIR in this regard on July 10 with Sea Beach police seeking justice.

Governor Raghubar Das has assured justice to the ASO’s wife Sayoji Pradhan. She met the Governor on the latter’s call to listen to her allegation, on July 13.