Amid nationwide outrage and sharp attack from the Opposition and ex-servicemen, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday said that the state government is taking the custodial abuse case involving the Army officer and his fiancée seriously.

Bhubaneswar: Taking suo-motu cognisance of the alleged sexual assault of a fiancé of an army officer in Bharatpur police station, the Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) on Friday started an investigation into the incident.

After being cornered by the opposition parties in the alleged assault of an Indian Army officer of the Sikh Regiment, Major Gurvansh Singh and sexual harassment of his fiancé at Bharatpur Police Station,

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has committed to taking stringent action against those involved in the alleged torture of an army officer and sexual assault of his fiancée at a police station.

Opposition leader Naveen Patnaik says Bhubaneswar incident indicates ‘incompetence’ of BJP government, five suspended cops face crime branch probe

An Army officer's fiancée, who was arrested last week on charges of assaulting police officers and later released on bail, has now alleged that she was sexually harassed, while her fiancé was unlawfully detained at a police station near Bhubaneshwar,

BJD Chief Naveen Patnaik demands a judicial inquiry into the alleged assault on an Army officer and his fiancée by Odisha police. Patnaik criticizes the BJP government for halting pro-people initiatives and calls for urgent action.

The woman said she was returning home with her friend, the Army officer, after closing her restaurant late at night when some men allegedly misbehaved with them.

The couple had reportedly been assaulted by the police when they visited the station to file a complaint following a road rage incident

SAMBALPUR: The Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) of VSSUT, Burla, on Thursday submitted a report on the complaint of sexual harassment lodged by a woman faculty member against her senior colleague. As per the 37-year-old complainant,

The woman, who had initially been arrested on charges of assaulting the police, was released on bail by the Orissa High Court on Wednesday.