Five days after the Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) of the Odisha police filed a chargesheet against former Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Raghunath Mohanty, his son and three other members of his family in a dowry torture case in the Court of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) at Baleswar, Barsa Swony Choudhury’s father Kishore Kumar Choudhury on Thursday met Baleswar Superintendent of Police Jayanarayan Pankaj after receiving an anonymous letter threatening an acid attack on his daughter.
During the meeting, he requested the SP to provide adequate security to Barsa Swony.“The letter has warned my daughter to refrain from any attempt to enter politics. It says if she makes any such attempt, she will be attacked with acid,” Choudhury told mediapersons, adding that this might be the handiwork of the supporters of Raghunath Mohanty. “Also, the letter carried derogatory remarks on my daughter’s character,” he said.
The SP said, “I have asked for a thorough examination of the postcard that the family members of Barsa received today. The postcard will be sent to the fingerprint section which I hope will help the police nab the miscreants.”
Choudhury has been advised to lodge a complaint at the Town police station, the SP added. It may be mentioned that the State Government has provided security to Barsa after she met the Chief Minister on February 21. Barsa had filed a dowry torture case against her father-in-law Raghunath Mohanty, husband Rajashree and others last year.
Mohanty, who was dropped from the Cabinet, was arrested from Kolkata along with his wife. The police later arrested Barsa’s husband.