Four youths have been arrested by the Paradip Model Police Station on charge of a molesting a woman, who is a local ASHA Worker.
Police said on August 26 afternoon, the victim, an ASHA of Nuabazar area in Paradip, was going in a bicycle near Nuabazar Kalyan Mandap when the youths forcibly picked her up in a car and molested her at Nehru Bangla, about 10 km away, and later dumped her near Empire Hotel. The victim woman was rescued with the help of local people and she later lodged an FIR in Paradip Model police station.
The police immediately swung into action and arrested two accused and forwarded them to court on August 28. The Odisha Ashakarmi Maha Sangh had demanded immediate arrest of all the accused and strict action against them before the Additional SP here.
On August 30, the police arrested two more accused and court forwarded them.
The arrestees were identified as Yatin Kumar Mallik (29), a resident of Sunapala village under Binjharpur police station of Jajpur district and living in Qr No. NA-27 in Nuabazar area; Ajay Kumar Mallick (27) of Petpada village under Ali Police Station of Kendrapara district and a resident of Paradip GJAI Colony No. 531; Kirti Kumar Mallick (29) residing in Qr No. 58 in Paradip and originally from Tunda village under Gobindpur Police Station of Cuttack district and Satya Ranjan Mahal (29 ), a resident of Atharbanki Fandi Colony, Paradip and originally from Nua Singda village under Badchana police station in Jajpur district.