Bhubaneswar, September 20: Former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday demanded judicial inquiry into the shameful custodial violence on a Army Captain and sexual assault on his fiancée.
He said that his party Biju Janata Dal strongly condemned this heinous act and expects the BJP Government to take the strongest possible action against all those involved.
“The way an Army Major and a lady were treated in Bharatpur Police Station is shocking and beyond comprehension. The manner in which police have allegedly treated them has shaken the conscience of the country. This has happened to a serving Army Officer and a lady within Odisha. I demand a court monitored SIT probe and a judicial inquiry into this grave incident against an Army Major and the lady,” said Patnaik.
“During our Government we had the system of Mo Sarkar in which Chief Minister, Ministers and Senior Officers would call the citizens to take feedback on their visits to government offices including police stations and hospitals, whether they were treated with dignity and professional conduct. This BJP Government has immediately stopped the pro-people initiative of Mo Sarkar and the consequences are visible,” said Patnaik, who happens to be the Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly.
Patnaik said, “The day, the BJP Government refused to take action against the governor’s son on a serious case of assault, others got emboldened. I still urge for action to be taken by this government against the Governor’s son.”
And Army Captain and his fiancée were subjected to physicall and sexual assault at Bharatpur Police station by police personnel, including IIC Dinskrushna Mishra (now suspended). The couple had gond to the police station to report a road rage incident.
