Puri district’s Nimapara police station IIC Mrutyunjay Swain, who had allegedly assaulted an elderly woman in the police station, has been transferred to the district police headquarters.
He has been directed to discharge his duty at the headquarters till completion of investigation into the incident.
Puri Additional SP Dhiren Kumar Nanda had on Wednesday started an inquiry into the incident as per the direction of SP Sarthak Sarangi.
Notably, Basanti Palata, a 74-year-old woman of Dalei Sahi at Dhirapur in the Nimapara area, had lodged a complaint with the SP alleging that IIC Swain had on May 7 summoned her to appear at the police station in connection with an FIR filed by her daughter-in-law alleging torture by her in-laws.
The police official detained her at the police station till 11 pm and thrashed her with a lathi, resulting in injuries to her, she alleged.
The incident had been recorded by an onlooker and the video later went viral on social media after getting posted.
On the other hand, the IIC has refuted the allegations, saying that he is ready to face any kind of investigation in this matter.