Lady sub-inspector arrested for sexually harassing woman journalist on pretext of marriage in Odisha 

The lady sub-inspector had been sexually abusing the victim, who is a woman, on the pretext of marriage. Acting on the complaint lodged by the victim, the Bhadrak Town police launched a probe and arrested the accused.

Accused cop

A  lady police sub-inspector was arrested on charges of exploiting a woman journalist of a web channel sexually on the pretext of marriage, police said on Sunday. 

The arrested cop has been identified as Tapaswini Mahapatra, who was posted at Chudamani Marine Police station in Bhadrak district. The victim fell prey to the accused cop perhaps because the latter always sported men’s haircut and, when not on duty, wore men’s dresses.