Bhubaneswar: Taking suo-motu cognisance of the alleged sexual assault of a fiancé of an army officer in Bharatpur police station, the Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) on Friday started an investigation into the incident.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said on Friday (September 20, 2024) that his government will take stringent action against those involved in the alleged torture of an army officer and sexual assault of his fiancee at a police station in Bhubaneswar.

After being cornered by the opposition parties in the alleged assault of an Indian Army officer of the Sikh Regiment, Major Gurvansh Singh and sexual harassment of his fiancé at Bharatpur Police Station,

The Odisha Police Crime Branch registered a case on Friday related to the alleged sexual assault of an army officer’s fiancé while in police custody, a senior officer revealed. The case has been lodged against five police personnel from the Bharatpur Police Station in Bhubaneswar,

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has committed to taking stringent action against those involved in the alleged torture of an army officer and sexual assault of his fiancée at a police station.

Five Odisha police officers were suspended after an assault on an Army officer's friend, raising concerns about accountability and police conduct in the state.

The woman said she was returning home with her friend, the Army officer, after closing her restaurant late at night when some men allegedly misbehaved with them.

The couple had reportedly been assaulted by the police when they visited the station to file a complaint following a road rage incident

SAMBALPUR: The Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) of VSSUT, Burla, on Thursday submitted a report on the complaint of sexual harassment lodged by a woman faculty member against her senior colleague. As per the 37-year-old complainant,

An Army officer's fianc - arrested last week and released on bail Wednesday on charges of assaulting police officers - has now said she was sexually harassed, and her partner illegally jailed, while trying to file a complaint at a police station.

The woman, who had initially been arrested on charges of assaulting the police, was released on bail by the Orissa High Court on Wednesday.