An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police and a Constable have been suspended for allegedly assaulting a person at the police station in Jagatsinghpur district.
The two cops, identified as ASI Rabindra Senapati and Constable Siba Jani, were suspended as per the direction of Jagatsinghpur SP Prakash R.
According to reports, one Lingaraj Das of Odiso village under the Jagatsinghpur police limits had accused the two policemen of illegally detaining and torturing him on the allegation of misbehaving with the woman Sarpanch of Odiso panchayat.
Das claimed that although he pleaded innocence, the cops abused and assaulted him at the police station. He further alleged that the police threatened to lodge a false case against him under the SC and ST Atrocity Act for misbehaving with the sarpanch, who belongs to the SC category.