Case registered against duo
After a high drama, a case of gangrape was registered against an Inspector of Police and a Home Guard of Baleswar district by the police administration on Friday.
Under the instruction of district SP In-charge Satish Gajbhiye, the case under Section 376(D) was registered after a 42-year-old victim had alleged that the district Additional SP did not accept her FIR at his residence and, on the other hand, turned her away at around 10 pm on Thursday.
While the matter came to media notice the same night, the ASP in view of the gravity of the situation made a search for the victim but could not trace her till Friday morning.
later, the victim apprised about her grievances to SP Gajbhiye.
The case was registered against the IIC of Industrial Police Station Maheswar Sethi and Home Guard Budha Barik basing on the compliant of the victim. Incidentally, the case was registered in the same police station where the accused was posted as IIC.
SDPO PC Badjena was entrusted with the investigation of the case while Sethi was removed from the police station and attached with the headquarters.
The victim, a resident of Samalpur , used work in the house of Sethi as a domestic help. She had gone to the latter’s house for usual work on Thursday afternoon. Home Guard Barik was present there. Soon, he made vulgar remarks and indications at her and began molesting her.
Protesting his deeds, while she approached IIC Sethi, he too meted out similar behavior with her, she alleged.
Meanwhile, ASP Gyanendra Parija said, “She didn’t disclose anything when she came to my quarters last night. Rather she told me that she came to lodge an FIR. I asked her to lodge it in a police station. Soon she disappeared from the place.”