JAJPUR: A woman constable posted at the Jajpur Excise police station has lodged two police complaints accusing some officers and a data entry operator of physical and mental harassment.
In her complaint which she filed on Saturday, the woman alleged that Jajpur Road range excise inspector Sasmita Hota, head clerk of the district excise superintendent office Siben Soren and excise ASI Babitarani Barik barged into her house on Friday night when she was alone, and threatened her to withdraw a previous complaint against data entry operator Biswajit Sahoo.
Around a week back, the woman had reportedly complained before her department that Sahoo, who works as a DEO on an outsourced basis at the district excise office, had been subjecting her to physical and mental harassment for the last two years. It was this complaint that the trio reportedly asked her to withdraw.
“The trio barged into my rented house at night while I was alone and forced me to withdraw the complaint against Sahoo. When I refused, they threatened to place me on suspension. Later, the three also assaulted me for which I am under deep mental stress,” the woman stated in her complaint.
As per the complainant, she had initially reported before the district excise superintendent and other senior officials of the department accusing Sahoo of mental and physical torture. However, when she received no satisfactory response, the woman lodged a complaint with Jajpur Town police.
Jajpur district excise superintendent Dibya Kishore Tandel said the woman constable has levelled allegations of physical and mental harassment by Sahoo. “Sahoo is an outsourcing employee and has been working at the district excise office for the last 14 years. The complaint is being investigated by the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC). Further action will be taken after receiving the report from the ICC,” he added.
Meanwhile, Jajpur police said a case has been registered in connection with the incident and further probe is on.