Women victims of police atrocity staged a dharna at the lower PMG here on Friday demanding action against lingaraj police station officers, including Inspector-in-Charge Rajendra Kumar Mandal, for assaulting them.
Women including Gauri Dei and Sadhana Pradhan along with their husbands sat in dharna from Thursday protesting police atrocity on them. Dalit woman Gauri alleged that Sub-Inspector Baidhar Baliarsingh, Constables Ramakant Sahu and Saroj Kumar Mahant of the lingaraj police station entered her house at midnight and assaulted family members besides scolding them in filthy languages taking the name of their caste, she added.
Similarly, Sadhana also narrated how the police harassed her family. The victims demanded stringent action against the police officials. They also alleged that the police have been harassing many activists and students who help them in lodging their complaints against the police. “If the Police Commissioner fails to take action against the lingaraj police officials, we will gherao the DCP office on October 9 protesting police atrocity against women,” said the victims.