The Odisha Police Crime Branch has registered a case against five police officers for the alleged sexual assault of an army officer's fiancee in custody. The alleged incident has sparked a political row with the BJD and Congress slamming the BJP.

Odisha police station sexual abuse, Army officer fiancée harassment: The incident reportedly occurred on September 15 when the Army Major and the woman went to the police station to report harassment.

Odisha police have detained an Army Major on the charges of assaulting four policemen inside a police station here. The Major has been identified as Gurubant Singh, posted with the 22 Sikh regiment in Calcutta.

Bhubaneswar: Taking suo-motu cognisance of the alleged sexual assault of a fiancé of an army officer in Bharatpur police station, the Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) on Friday started an investigation into the incident.

BHUBANESWAR: Former Odisha chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Friday demanded a court-monitored SIT probe and a judicial inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of an army officer's fiancé in police custody.

The fiancé of an army captain, was allegedly assaulted by police in Bhubaneswar, claims mistreatment and violence after seeking help. The woman alleges police officers mistreated her when she sought help while her fiancé lodged a formal complaint against the police.

BHUBANESWAR: The fiancée of the army officer on Thursday made shocking revelations of sexual assault, illegal confinement and humiliation at the hands of a group of female and male cops on September 15 night when she along with her partner went to the police station in Bhubaneswar seeking help.