Odisha Assault Case: Police role under scanner in Indian Army Major assault - 6 questions cops need to answer

The alleged assault on an Indian Army Major and sexual assault of his fiancee by five police personnel inside Bharatpur Police station in the state capital has brought the role of Odisha Police under scanner. Key questions include the silence of the Police Commissioner and delayed actions against perpetrators.

This painful incident has come as a blot for Odisha Police that had been in the good books of the people of Odisha. People had high beliefs in Commissionerate Police, but the alleged police brutality raises serious questions about the professionalism of the men in khaki.

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The entire incident also calls for a reform so that no common man goes through what the Indian Army Major of the Sikh Regiment and his fiancee went through in Odisha. While there is a need for serious reform regarding the behaviour of policemen, questions are being raised on the role of Commissionerate Police to ‘whitewash’ the incident.

1. Why is the Police Commissioner still mum in the case?

2. Why are the roadside romeos, because of whom the whole incident happened, haven’t been arrested yet?

3. Why did it take so long to register FIR against the road romeos who misbehaved and assaulted the couple before their alleged torture at Bharatpur police station?

4. Why did the police take action only after the intervention of Odisha DGP?

5. Why did the police allegedly try to give a different angle to the incident?

6. Why did the Commissionerate Police allegedly try to shift the blame entirely on the Indian Army Major and his fiancee?

These are some of the questions that are being asked by the people of Odisha while raising serious doubt about the role of the Commissionerate Police in the entire matter.