For’sexually assaulting’ a girl inside the police station, an Assam cop was suspended

In the Nalbari district of Assam, an inspector who is presently on the run was suspended for allegedly sexually abusing a girl and taking “objectionable photographs” of her inside a police station, a senior official said on Thursday.

Additionally, a probe of the occurrence was mandated. On Monday, a 17-year-old girl made a police complaint against the officer in charge of the Ghograpar police station, claiming that she had been molested and that offensive photos of her had been taken there.

On June 21, a girl and a man were detained in connection with a child marriage investigation.

In a tweet sent on Thursday, Director General of Police GP Singh said that the inspector is the case’s top suspect and is now missing.

“Anyone providing information to SP Nalbari Police about his whereabouts would be suitably rewarded,” he said.

A case has been reported to the Nalbari police station under the IPC Sections related to wrongful confinement of a person with the intention of insulting a woman’s modesty read with the POCSO Sections related to the use of children for pornographic purposes.

According to Singh, the case has been sent to a female additional superintendent of police in the Nalbari district.

The DGP said that Brajenjit Singha, the DIG of Central Western Range, has been instructed to visit the area and provide a first-hand report by Thursday.

“The police station is covered by CCTV… Strongest legal action would be taken if the accusation is confirmed to be genuine, he stressed.

Sudhakar Singh, the superintendent of police in Nalbari, informed reporters that a team of specialists has gathered and is now reviewing the CCTV material from the police station.

The SP acknowledged that by holding a girl at the police station at night when she was supposed to be taken to a state-run home for the night, the police had broken the rules.