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5 Odisha cops who ‘manhandled’ Army Captain, fiancée suspended

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The Odisha Police today suspended five of its personnel who were involved in the alleged manhandling of an Army officer and his fiancée on September 14.

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An order issued today said the inspector in-charge of Bharatpur police station had been suspended along with a sub-inspector, two women assistant sub-inspectors and a constable. Yesterday, a team of senior Army Officials had met the Director General of Police who handed over the case to the CID and tasked a DSP to probe the matter. Army officials had called on the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and the Chief Secretary of the state for a probe into the allegations that a serving Army Officer and his fiancée were detained and abused in a police station where they had gone to lodge a complaint.

Police refute officer’s allegations

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  • Citing police sources, news reports said the couple had created a fracas and injured four police personnel inside a police station
  • The Army’s situational report and the statement given by the officer present a totally different picture of the events

Army officials questioned how the complainant — a Captain in the Army and his fiancée — could be kept in custody for 14 hours without intimating the local military authority as mandated by law.

News reports, citing police sources, had said that the couple had created a fracas and injured four police personnel inside a police station. The Army’s situational report and the statement given by the officer present a totally different picture. The incident occurred on the night of September 14 when the couple was allegedly waylaid by miscreants in three cars. Enraged, the couple reached the Bharatpur police station, seeking help.

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Amid the altercation, the officer’s fiancée was taken by a woman police officer to a separate room where she was allegedly stripped, molested and physically assaulted. A male police officer also misbehaved with the woman when she was in semi-naked state.

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