Bhubaneshwar: Nearly 4 and half years after a girl sub-inspector of Odisha police was allegedly sexually assaulted by a police inspector in Ganjam district the place she labored, cops have lodged a case towards the accused following instructions from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), officers acquainted with the matter stated on Friday.
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A senior police official stated the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Odisha police lodged a case of sexual assault towards inspector Ramesh Pradhan, now posted as an inspector in Phiringia police station of Kandhamal district.
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An inquiry has additionally began over the grievance given by a girl sub-inspector who labored beneath Pradhan when he was inspector of Pattapur police station in Ganjam in 2019.
The girl sub-inspector, who now works in a police station of Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police, was allegedly sexually assaulted by Pradhan at his official quarters on June 27, 2019, in accordance with the grievance.
Similar incidents befell on two separate events, stated police. Though the sub-inspector filed a grievance with the then Ganjam superintendent of police (SP), no first data was lodged.
The girl then moved the workplace of the chief minister, following which the extra SP of Ganjam and different senior officers carried out a probe.
The girl sub-inspector nonetheless alleged that she was pressurised by her senior officers to withdraw her grievance following which she moved the National Human Rights Commission in 2020.
Following her grievance, the NHRC requested its investigation division to conduct a probe which final month requested the Odisha director common of police (DGP) to order the registration of a recent FIR on the grievance of the lady SI.
The NHRC stated the investigation needs to be executed by a girl officer of the rank of deputy SP or above. The DGP additionally met the lady SI as per NHRC orders that had requested the state police to make sure speedy justice to her departmental grievances corresponding to wage points, promotion and household safety.
The NHRC has additionally requested the DGP to order an inquiry into the allegation levelled by the SI towards an SP who allegedly demanded requested her to construct a tennis courtroom at his residence and different points whereas she was posted in Boudh district.
In the previous few years, a number of police officers in Odisha have been accused of sexual assault. In October final yr, an assistant sub-inspector of Jamda in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor woman who labored as a home assist in his home.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
