Kendrapara, Feb. 6 -- A police constable posted at Tantiapala Marine Police Station has been arrested by Kendrapara Town Police for allegedly assaulting and attempting to outrage the modesty of a woman reporter under the pretext of marriage.
According to SDPO Jyoti Ranjan Gauda, the 23-year-old reporter, a resident under Marshaghai Police Station jurisdiction, filed a complaint on Thursday stating that Constable Smruti Ranjan Khuntia had assaulted and attempted to outrage her modesty on February 1. He allegedly even threatened her with dire consequences if she refused a physical relationship.
Acting on the complaint, Kendrapara Town Police registered a case under Sections 69, 351(2), 115(2), 303, 324, 296, 126, and 3(5) of the BNS Act, an...