In a major twist in the rape allegation against Puri district’s Balanga police station ASI Chittaranjan Das, Puri Superintendent of Police Umashankar Dash on Saturday said the concerned married woman did not mention anything about sexual assault in her statement recorded before the Magistrate on Friday.
Besides, she also refused to undergo medical examination, SP said. There are discrepancies between the complaint lodged and the facts ascertained. But based on the investigations, the ASI has been suspended,” said the SP. The accused, on the other hand, has pleaded innocence. “It is a conspiracy against me as I had arrested the woman’s husband earlier,” he has claimed.
On January 2, the woman has lodged her complaint with the Pipili police that the ASI took her to his residence on the pretext of resolving a family dispute and later raped her. Acting on the complaint, police arrested the ASI and started investigation.