Pramod Kumar Sahu was on Tuesday removed from the post of Kendrapara Credit Cooperative Society (KCCSL) President over the charge of sexually harassing a 23-year-old woman employee.
The Vice-President of the society would act as the President till election of a new president is held.
Sahu was arrested on November 4 from his residence at Baniamala here on the basis of a police complaint lodged against him by the victim. Sahu allegedly outraged the modesty of the girl on several occasions when she was employed as a Clerk in the cooperative society office. She had alleged that he had called her to his office chamber many times and touched her inappropriately.
A case was registered against Sahu under Sections 509, 354A (sexual harassment), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 294 (use of obscene language) of the IPC.