Rape convict Bitti Mohanty's father BB Mohanty, a former top cop in Odisha, is innocent and has no role in helping his son evade the law, Kerala Police has said, according to TV reports.

B B Mohanty was on Saturday quizzed by a special investigative team of Kerala police probing impersonation and forgery charges against his German rape case convict son Bitihotra Mohanty alias Bitti.

Before questioning the retired Indian Police Service officer, the four- member Kerala police SIT met the present Director General of Police Prakash Mishra at the state police headquarters in Cuttack and apprised him of the case following the arrest of a man Raghav Rajan at Kannur who police claimed was Bitti, Odisha police said.