Bhubaneswar, Nov. 11 -- The Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) has ordered a departmental inquiry against former Inspector-in-Charge (IIC) of Talachua Police Station in Kendrapara district, Sandhyarani Jena, over allegations of assaulting a woman and her son inside the police station and subsequently deleting CCTV footage.

According to sources, DGP Vinaytosh Mishra has directed that the inquiry be completed and a report submitted within 45 days.

The departmental proceedings will examine allegations of misuse of official position, dereliction of duty and destruction of evidence, including the alleged assault of the mother-son duo inside the police station, sources added.

The matter came under further scrutiny following an investiga...