Bhubaneswar, July 22 -- The mysterious death case of Paralakhemundi Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra has a new twist in the tail with the father-in-law of Gurandi police station OIC Mamata Panda confirming that the lady cop and deceased's wife Bidya Bharati Panda are familiar to each other.

Gurandi police station OIC's role has come under the scanner for reportedly intercepting an ambulance carrying critically injured Soumya Ranjan to the hospital.

"Mamata belongs to same village where Bidya Bharati's maternal uncle lives. Bidya Bharati used to visit her uncle's house and both become acquaintance. Bidya Bharati might have asked Mamata for help on the day when Soumya Ranjan was being shifted to a hospital," s...