The Dhenkanal Town police on Tuesday arrested two staffs, Nirmal Swain and Subrat Dakua, of a shopping mall here for allegedly putting two women customers in an embarrassing situation six days ago.
Baisakhi Das of Jawahar Chowk had visited the mall Bazar India with her friend on December 2. When the duo was returning, the censure signal started buzzing, following which the security guard of the mall held the two women and checked them up to found no objectionable materials with them. later, the floor manager took the women to the trial room and rechecked thoroughly after undressing them. The humiliated women were not allowed to contact their parents and police.
The staffs later released them after wrongful detention of around 45 minutes. Initially the local police allegedly tried to suppress the incident, despite an FIR lodged by the women on the same day. They arrested the accused after interference of the Odisha Nari Surakhya Manch.