Cuttack: After landing in soup over ‘kneel punishment’ in Baripada Reserve Inspector Ashok Sethi has now been accused of attempting to rape a lady constable posted in Railway Superintendent of Police's office in Cuttack.
According to sources, the lady constable has brought ‘attempt to rape’ charges against Sethi and another staff and lodged a complaint against the duo with Government Railway Police (GRP) here.
As per the complaint, Sethi and another staff had entered the complainant’s house forcefully, misbehaved and threatened her with life on August 26.
“They barged into my house and misbehaved with me. I want justice against such atrocity by superiors,” said the complainant lady constable.
Basing on the FIR, a case has been registered while appropriate action would be taken after a detailed investigation into the matter including medical examination of the complainant, Railway SP Sanjay Kaushal said.
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However, Reserve Inspector Ashok Sethi refuted the allegations levelled by the lady constable.
“I was busy doing roll call at around 4:30PM when the lady constable misbehaved and later apologized. It was from media that I learnt that such allegations have been brought against me,” said Sethi.
Earlier,the Reserve Inspector Ashok Sethi was in the eye of the storm for making four home guards including a woman kneel down for violating dress code in June this year.