Protests Against Bharatpur PS ‘Sexual assault’: BJD Holds Dharna, Congress Tries to Gherao CM’s Residence

Bhubaneswar: The women’s wing of the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) held a demonstration in front of Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar to protest against the “sexual assault” on the woman friend of an Army Major in police custody.

Congress activists attempted to gherao the official residence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, demanding his resignation over the incident as Majhi also holds the home portfolio.

The women members of the BJD staged a dharna outside the Raj Bhavan shouting slogans against the state’s BJP government for failing to protect women.

They demanded a court-monitored SIT probe and judicial inquiry into the alleged torture of the army officer and his fiancée at the Bharatpur police station in Bhubaneswar.

The members of the youth and students wings of the Congress staged a demonstration and attempted to gherao the official residence of the CM, demanding his resignation.

The Congress agitators threw tomatoes and eggs at the chief minister’s residence, which did not reach their intended target, as the Congress protesters were stopped by the police at a distance from it.

On September 15, an army officer and his fiancée reached Bharatpur police station to complain about a road rage in which they were allegedly harassed by hooligans.

Following an altercation between the duo and some policemen, the officer and his fiancée were allegedly assaulted in the police station. The woman was allegedly molested and sexually harassed by the cops including the IIC of the police station.