Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said on Friday (September 20, 2024) that his government will take stringent action against those involved in the alleged torture of an army officer and sexual assault of his fiancee at a police station in Bhubaneswar.

The Odisha Police Crime Branch registered a case on Friday related to the alleged sexual assault of an army officer’s fiancé while in police custody, a senior officer revealed. The case has been lodged against five police personnel from the Bharatpur Police Station in Bhubaneswar,

BJD Chief Naveen Patnaik demands a judicial inquiry into the alleged assault on an Army officer and his fiancée by Odisha police. Patnaik criticizes the BJP government for halting pro-people initiatives and calls for urgent action.

Meanwhile, the police have countered the allegations, stating that the woman and her Army officer partner, who is with the 22 Sikh Regiment in Kolkata, were intoxicated and had attacked an on-duty officer, damaging police property in the process.

Five Odisha police officers were suspended after an assault on an Army officer's friend, raising concerns about accountability and police conduct in the state.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has committed to taking stringent action against those involved in the alleged torture of an army officer and sexual assault of his fiancée at a police station.

Keonjhar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said his government will take stringent action against those involved in the alleged torture of an army officer and “sexual assault” of his fiancée at Bharatpur Police Station in Bhubaneswar.

The woman said she was returning home with her friend, the Army officer, after closing her restaurant late at night when some men allegedly misbehaved with them.

The couple had reportedly been assaulted by the police when they visited the station to file a complaint following a road rage incident

SAMBALPUR: The Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) of VSSUT, Burla, on Thursday submitted a report on the complaint of sexual harassment lodged by a woman faculty member against her senior colleague. As per the 37-year-old complainant,

An Army officer's fianc - arrested last week and released on bail Wednesday on charges of assaulting police officers - has now said she was sexually harassed, and her partner illegally jailed, while trying to file a complaint at a police station.