The Mahila Police had on July 6 registered a case in opposition to Bibhu Prasad Sarangi. (Representational)
Bhubaneswar:
A prime official of the AYUSH Directorate in Odisha was arrested on Thursday for allegedly sexually harassing a contractual girl worker of his workplace, police mentioned.
The Mahila Police arrested Bibhu Prasad Sarangi, the Odisha AYUSH director, on the grievance of the lady, who submitted proof in help of her allegation, they mentioned.
Sarangi was arrested following a marathon interrogation on the Mahila Police Station in Bhubaneswar.
“The allegation in opposition to me is fake and fabricated. The lady alongside together with her male pal hatched a conspiracy in opposition to me,” Sarangi advised reporters.
The Mahila Police had on July 6 registered a case in opposition to Sarangi.
In her grievance, the lady alleged that for the final three months, the official had been pressuring her to have a relationship with him.
Sarangi was additionally accused of sending obscene textual content messages and objectionable movies to the lady. She had submitted the proof of the messages despatched to her, a police officer mentioned.
The official was arrested beneath Part 354 (assault or felony drive to girl with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code and Part 67 (punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene materials in digital type) of the Data Expertise Act, the police mentioned.
Sarangi had additionally filed a counter FIR on the Capital Police station and alleged that the contractual appointment of the complainant was discovered unlawful throughout a latest inquiry.
In his FIR, Sarangi talked about that the lady had lodged a grievance in opposition to him after the Directorate of AYUSH served a discover in search of clarification concerning “unlawful” appointment of the contractual worker.
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