Major booked, fiancee held for fracas in Bhubaneshwar | Bhubaneswar News – Times of India

BHUBANESHWAR: An Army officer was booked and his fiancee arrested on charges of creating fracas at a police station in Bhubaneshwar and assaulting a woman cop early Sunday. Army sources, on the other hand, alleged the officer, a Major, and his fiancee, were subjected to custodial torture and molestation at the police station.
The couple had rushed to Bharatpur police station at 3am to seek swift action against a group of hooligans who had abused and assaulted them.The Major is posted in West Bengal, while his fiancee, a techie, is a local resident.
According to Army sources, cops at the police station refused to act immediately, and insisted they first file a written complaint. When the couple demanded to speak to higher authorities in the police commissionerate, the police personnel allegedly flew into a rage. The Major’s fiancee was taken to another room by a woman police officer, where she was stripped, molested and assaulted, the sources alleged, adding a male officer also entered the room and threatened her, using derogatory language.
The Major, too, was manhandled, detained for over 10 hours and released only after Army authorities intervened at a high level, sources said.
Refuting allegations, DCP Prateek Singh said, “None of our staff ill-treated the couple. It was the couple who misbehaved with our on-duty personnel. The officer’s fiancee attacked a woman cop and damaged a computer. She has been arrested. The officer was served a notice & let off, when he complained of illness.”
Police said the on-duty personnel dealt with the couple, who appeared to be drunk, with restraint. “We asked them to undergo a breathalyser test, but they refused to cooperate. Two liquor bottles were found in their car. Our staff asked them to lodge a complaint against the hooligans who had harassed them on the road, but the couple started arguing and refused to lodge any complaint,” additional DCP Suresh Chandra Patra added.