After taking two long years on the plea of investigation into the moral turpitude case filed by Indulata Das against his just-retired IAS officer husband Taradatt, the State Commission for Women (SCW) has abruptly closed the case on the ground that it found no amicable resolution of the issue could be reached between the complainant and her husband.
“The complaint was probed in all reasonable ways and sincere efforts were made for a reconciliation. However, in spite of its best efforts, the commission has found out that no amicable resolution of the issue could be reached between you and your husband. The commission hereby closes your case by observing that there is no appropriateness in furthering the case,” the commission informed in a letter to Indulata which was received by heron Saturday, just two days after the powerful IAS officer retired from service.
The decision of the SCW has raised many eyebrows as the petitioner leveled life threat and mental torture against his husband and sought action against him.
“Where is the question of an amicable solution when I had complained of a life threatIJ I demanded an impartial inquiry into all my allegations and also produced proofs to back them. Instead of conducting an inquiry, the SCW opted for a silly reason of reconciliation for the abrupt closure of the case,” rued Indulata.
She further charged, “The commission was waiting eagerly for the date of Taradatt’s superannuation. When I warned the commission chairperson on June 10 that I would sit on dharna (at the SCW office), the commission hurriedly prepared a letter mentioning closure of the case on June 18. But it tactically sent the letter to me on June 29, and I got it on July 2 after Taradatt retired on June 30,” alleged Das.
Terming the Mahila Commission as a Maila (dirty) Commission, the retired professor said she would now move the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) for justice.
She alleged that the commission was working at the behest of senior bureaucrats in a desperate attempt to protect its members’ chairs and the case involving Taradatt proved it.
“The commission is a rehabilitation centre of the ruling party,” charged Indulata.
Notably, Indulata had filed the case with the SCW on the charge that her husband is having an extramarital affair with a Delhi-based woman IES officer since 2014. She had also filed a written complaint with the Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell on December 5, 2014 alleging mental and physical torture by her husband and had sought police security fearing a threat to her life.