A senior OAS officer’s father-in-law, who was allegedly involved in the rape of minor tribal housemaid’s rape, was sent to jail after his bail plea was rejected by a court in Jajpur district on Tuesday.
Prafulla Chandra Mohapatra, father-in-law of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Deputy Zonal Commissioner Pramod Prusty, was arrested on November 5 for allegedly raping the housemaid. Later, Mohapatra was admitted to the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar on health grounds following his arrest.
He was produced before the Jajpur Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court on the day. But CJM Jeevana Nanda Padhi rejected Mohapatra’s bail plea and sent him to the Jajpur jail.Notably, Mohapatra allegedly raped the housemaid of Balichandrapur area, working at the OAS officer’s house on different occasions. When she became pregnant, her mother lodged a police complaint on November 1.
When the matter came to light, the OAS Officer’s father-in-law was arrested on November 5.Mohapatra has been booked under the SC and ST Act, Pocso Act and different Sections of IPC, a police official said.