India, Aug. 3 -- The Odisha Police has recommended disciplinary proceeding against a senior woman cop for gross negligence and dereliction of duty.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Central Range, has sent the recommendation to the Home Department to initiate disciplinary proceeding against Mamata Sahoo, the Additional SP of Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district.

Sahoo, an Odisha Police Service (OPS) officer, allegedly neglected her duty with regard to a POCSO case during her tenure as the DSP(IUCAW), Jajpur.

As per the allegations, the woman police officer had arrested an accused in the POCSO case in December, 2023 and produced him in a local court.

However, she did not file the charge sheet against the accused during the stipulate...