The role of the Odisha Police has come under a cloud over the lynching of a 32-year-old Government Railway Police (GRP) constable on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, with his family accusing police personnel of failing to stop the assault. Soumya Ranjan Swain was beaten to death, 16 km from home at Moujapur in Cuttack, after the motorcycle he was riding pillion on collided with a scooter near a small bridge in Balianta area near the state capital. The two women on the scooter accused Swain of trying to sexually assault them, which is when the assembled mob of about 40-50 people beat up him and his friend, who was driving. The friend, Om Prakash Rout, escaped with minor injuries. Dushasan Swain, 58, said Soumya – his only child after he lost a daughter a few years ago – left home around 10:15 am on May 7, promising to return soon. Instead, he got a call around 11.30 am from an acquaintance, who told him what had happened.…