A senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer landed in a controversy after a woman OAS officer lodged a police complaint against him accusing him of sexually harassing her.
According to reports, the victim OAS officer working at the Women and Child Development Department was being sexually harassed by Premananda Khuntia who happens to be the Director of Secondary Education under the School and Mass Education Department by sending her obscene MMS to her mobile phone via WhatsApp.
Unable to bear the trauma, she lodged an FIR at the Nayapalli police station here on Saturday following which police started investigation.
Sources added that the police have registered a case under Section 354 of the IPC and investigating into it.
No arrest has been made till the filing of the report. Meanwhile, Bhubaneswar DCP Satyabrata Bhoi said charges under both IT Act and Sections of the IPC have been framed against the OAS officer and investigation is on.