The Town police on Monday arrested Saroj Das, head of a shelter home here, for allegedly sexually harassing a minor girl at the institution. The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) had lodged a complaint with Bhawanipatna police, on the basis of which the case was registered against him. Later, Das was detained by police for questioning on Sunday.
The CWC officials had also questioned the girl and her mother in the connection. The CWC has also decided to shift all inmates from the shelter home to a different place. As per the mother of the girl, her daughter was sexually harassed at the shelter home for the last one year by Das. On the other hand, the accused has refuted the allegations saying that a conspiracy was hatched against him.