21-Sep-2024 07:51 PM
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Bhubaneswar, Sep 21 (Reporter) The Commissionerate Police on Saturday arrested seven youths on charges of assaulting an Indian Army Major and his fiancée on the night of September 15.
Based on CCTV footage, Chandaka police detained the seven youths on Friday, some of whom are reportedly engineering students, in connection with the assault on Army Major Guruvansh Singh of the Sikh Regiment and his fiancée while they were returning home.
Chandaka police have seized 11 mobile phones and a vehicle from the arrested youths. The police also recovered video and audio clips as evidence.
The youths were arrested six days after the incident and were produced before the SDJM court on Saturday.
In his complaint, the Army official stated that over ten youths intercepted them near Pathargadia in the capital city late on the night of September 15.They hurled abusive language and made lewd comments toward his fiancée. He further stated that they thrashed him when he tried to resist.
The Army official and his fiancée managed to reach the Bharatpur Model Police Station late at night to lodge a complaint against the hooligans.
They alleged that the police personnel at Bharatpur Police Station assaulted them instead of acting on their complaint to nab the hooligans .
The Army official further claimed that his fiancée was subjected to both physical and sexual assault at the police station by the police personnel including lady police officials.
The state government has already ordered a CB inquiry into the incident and suspended five police personnel from Bharatpur Police Station, including the IIC of the station.
Both the BJD and Congress have demanded the arrest of the police officials involved in the heinous incident and criminal proceedings against them.
Leader of the Opposition Naveen Patnaik strongly condemned the alleged assault on the Army official and the alleged sexual assault of his fiancée. He has demanded a court-monitored SIT and judicial probe, along with stringent punishment for the police officials involved in the incident...////...