CUTTACK: A day after Chauliaganj inspector in-charge (IIC) Beauty Mohanty was found hanging in the restroom of the police station, the Odisha Police Officers’ Association on Sunday raised concerns over work pressure and demanded a high-level probe into the incident.
Addressing mediapersons, association president Asit Kumar Jena said, “A high-level probe should be ordered by the DGP and report submitted within 30 days. It should not be considered simply a UD case as it is a case of a gazetted police officer. The investigation report should be made public so that such incidents do not recur in future.”
The association raised concern over the work pressure in the police force, alleging that officers were not getting enough leaves due to severe workload.
Meanwhile, the Commissionerate Police has seized two mobile phones belonging to Mohanty including the one containing her Closed User Group (CUG) number and sent it to the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) for examination. Police have also sought the call detail records (CDR) from the telecom service providers concerned, hoping to find some information regarding her suicide.
“We are also trying to extract some information from her social media and WhatsApp chats to ascertain the cause behind her suicide. We have requested SFSL to retrieve all the data including the deleted chats and provide us the same as early as possible,” said a senior police officer.
On the day, a special police team also searched the official quarter of the deceased and questioned her family members including her parents and husband. “However, no clue has yet been received as to why Mohanty took the extreme step,” said the officer.
Mohanty was found hanging inside her official restroom located on the upper floor of Chauliaganj police station on Saturday morning. While police commissioner S Dev Datta Singh said she might have had some personal problems, her husband Samir Swain claimed there was no issue in their marriage.
