On July 6, Mahila police recorded a case against Bibhu Prasad Sarangi. (Representative)
Bhubaneswar:
A senior AYUSH executive in Odisha was arrested on Thursday for allegedly sexually harassing a contract worker in his office, police said.
Mahila police arrested Bibhu Prasad Sarangi, the director of Odisha AYUSH, on the complaint of the woman, who presented evidence to support her allegation, they said.
Sarangi was arrested following a marathon interrogation at the Mahila police station in Bhubaneswar.
“The allegation against me is false and fabricated. The woman and her friend hatched a conspiracy against me,” Sarangi told reporters.
On July 6, Mahila police registered a case against Sarangi.
In her complaint, the woman alleged that for the past three months, the grievor had pressured her to have a relationship with him.
Sarangi was also charged with sending obscene text messages and objectionable videos to the woman. She had submitted evidence of the messages sent to her, said a police officer.
The grievor was arrested under section 354 (assault or criminal violence against a woman with intent to harm her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code and section 67 (punishment for publication or transmission of obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology Act, police said. .
Sarangi had also deposited an FIR counter at the capital’s police station and alleged that the complainant’s contractual appointment had been found illegal in a recent investigation.
In his FIR, Sarangi mentioned that the woman had filed a complaint against him after AYUSH management had served a notice asking for clarification regarding the “illegal” appointment of the contract employee.
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