A POLICE CONSTABLE MOLESTED HIS LADY CONTERPART, SUSPENDED

A case of molestation and coercion of a lady constable posted at Charpokhari police station in Gujrat who had gone there from Ara in Bihar cooperate in a research case by a police constable at a police station has come to light. The lady constable complained the Bhojpur Sp Pramod Kumar Yadav. Taking cognizance, the SP suspended the police constable Roushan Kumar with immediate effect. The lady constable lodged a named FIR with the police under Woman police station at Ara. Investigating is going on in this regard.

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Ara, 18 July 2023, (RNI): A case of molestation and coercion of a lady constable posted at Charpokhari police station in Gujrat who had gone there from Ara in Bihar cooperate in a research case by a police constable at a police station has come to light. The lady constable complained the Bhojpur Sp Pramod Kumar Yadav. Taking cognizance, the SP suspended the police constable Roushan Kumar with immediate effect. The lady constable lodged a named FIR with the police under Woman police station at Ara. Investigating is going on in this regard.

A lady constable with her male counterpart posted at Charpokhari police station in Bhojpur district had gone to Surat in Gujarat on July 6, 2023 in connection with research of a case and both of them stayed in separate rooms of a hotel. It was alleged the male constable entered the room of his female counterpart in the hotel and molested and coerced her by catching her by the waist which the lady constable vehemently protested. After returning from Gujarat, the lady constable complained the senior officers of her police station and the SP. The SP queried the male constable but he refuted the charge.

The SP said that the male constable has been suspended with immediate effect and an internal inquiry is ordered in the case.

Earlier on February 3, 2023 a lady constable had lodged a named FIR with the police under Woman police station against the former SHO, Charpokhari police station Deepak Jha in connection with molestation and coercing the lady constable and the SP suspended him on the inquiry report of the ASP.

It was blamed that the SHO always tortured a lady constable posted at CCTNS unit of Sandesh Police station since the panchayat election. He always tried to touch the lady constable inappropriately and used vulgar language. He also compelled the lady constable to watch porn movie on the mobile with him. She lodged a named FIR with the police under Woman police station against the SHO Deepak Jha. The ASP in presence of a trainee DSP Anurag Kumar and other officers, inquired into the matter. Later the SP served show cause notice on him and suspended him on the basis of inquiry report.