Patkura police on Wednesday lodged an FIR against Garadapur BDO Bipra Charan Mohanty on alleged charges of outraging the modesty of a woman who had gone to his residence for inquiring about an IAY cheque.
According to police sources, Induprava Das, wife of Baradprasanna Das of Kalabuda village, on Tuesday had gone to BDO Mohanty’s Government quarter pertaining to an IAY cheque. But the BDO allegedly misbehaved with her and attempted to outrage her modesty. On the FIR of the victim woman, a case was registered on Wednesday at Patkura police station against Mohanty under Section 354 of IPC and police have begun a probe in the case.
On the other hand, two counter FIRs were registered against Das, one by Ganesh Mallick and the other by Dillip Sethy. While Mallick is the night watchman of Garadpur Panchayat Samiti, Sethy is the GPEO of Garadapur block. Both alleged that the woman had misbehaved with them while she had come to the residence of the BDO. Sethy mentioned that Das had even gone to the extent of making casteist remarks on him. The Patkura police have registered two cases over the complaints against Das. No arrest has been made in the three cases.