BJD calls off Bhubaneswar bandh as Odisha govt orders judicial probe into custodial torture allegations involving Indian Army Major Gurvansh Singh. CM Mohan Majhi assures stern action.

Bhubaneswar: An army officer and his fiancee, who were allegedly assaulted at a police station here, on Monday met Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, a day after the state government ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident.

Congress MLA Sofia Firdous met victims of alleged police assault at Bharatpur Police Station, Bhubaneswar, and criticized the Odisha government. The incident triggered an official inquiry and calls for stringent action.

BJD cancelled the Bhubaneswar bandh planned for September 24, a day after it was called to protest the alleged custodial torture.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday (September 23, 2024) ordered a judicial inquiry into the alleged torture of an Army officer and the sexual assault of his fiance

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi has ordered a judicial inquiry into the alleged torture of an army officer and the sexual assault of his fiancée at Bharatpur police station in Bhubaneswar.

Buckling to mounting pressure amid nationwide outrage, the Odisha Government has ordered a judicial probe into the alleged custodial abuse of a serving Army officer and his fiancée in a Bhubaneswar police station on 15 September.

Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi said that high court judge Chittaranjan Dash will probe the alleged sexual assault charges and submit a report within 60 days

Chief minister Mohan Majhi has ordered a judicial inquiry into allegations of torture and sexual assault involving an Army officer and his fiancée at