Family members of G Udayagiri police station Sub-Inspector Swagatika Behera, who was found hanging at her quarters on August 27, staged a road blockade near Nirakarpur College Chhak on Monday.
Placing Swagatika’s body on road, they blocked Khordha-Puri New Jagannath Sadak demanding compensation. Movement of vehicles was affected and police reached the spot to pacify them.
Earlier in the day, the body had reached her village Pandavpatna in Khordha district, following which tension ran high in the locality. Saying that Swagatika was the sole bread earner of the family after the death of her father, locals demanded a job for one of the family members and pension for her mother.
Swagatika’s family members had on Sunday staged a dharna in front of the G Udayagiri police station in Kandhamal district demanding arrest of the police station’s Inspector-in-Charge Rebati Sabar, who has been transferred to the district police headquarters.
Holding Sabar responsible for the death, the family members also demanded her dismissal from service. Mother and brother of the deceased have filed an FIR alleging that Sabar was torturing Swagatika