Even as the police received a lot of flak for the molestation of a medical girl student by a cop during the Sandhya Darshan of the Holy Trinity at the Gundicha Temple here on Sunday, a team of the Puri police went to Bhubaneswar and recorded the victim’s statement on Tuesday.
Sources said the three-member team led by the Kumbharpada police station IIC met the girl at the medical college where she studies and recorded her statement. The IIC told media that while all important information on the incident was ascertained from the victim during the meeting, police are mulling to record her statement again under Section 164 of IPC if needed. Moreover, the CCTV footage of the Sandhya Darshan could be checked at a later stage as part of the investigation, added the IIC.
Earlier, police formed a special team headed by a Sub-Inspector to probe into the molestation incident on instruction of DGP KB Singh. A case was also registered at the Kumbharpada police station.
Through a social media post, the girl had alleged molestation of women by a policeman in the crowd during Darshan at the Gundicha Temple. The complainant also tagged her post to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
She posted in her Facebook page that while in queue, she found a policeman inappropriately touching women taking advantage of the huge rush.
She further alleged that the policewomen were present in the crowd didn’t oppose the cop’s act.