The Odisha Police Crime Branch has registered a case against five police officers for the alleged sexual assault of an army officer's fiancee in custody. The alleged incident has sparked a political row with the BJD and Congress slamming the BJP.

Our government never hesitates to take action against the culprits. We are taking steps to give stringent punishment to the culprits,” Majhi told reporters in Keonjhar.

The National Commission for Women has also taken suo motu cognisance of the incident and sought an action taken report from the Odisha DGP.

Congress leaders condemned the Odisha incident involving the alleged assault of an army man and his fiancée, demanding accountability and justice.

An army officer's fiancée has come forward with serious allegations, claiming she was sexually assaulted inside an Odisha police station.

Bhubaneswar: As the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress mounted on Friday attack on the Odisha government on the alleged assault of an Indian Army officer of the Sikh Regiment, Major Gurvansh Singh and “sexual harassment” of his fiancée at Bharatpur Police Station by some cops,

The Odisha Chief Minister's Office has ordered an expedited Crime Branch investigation following allegations of misconduct and assault on a serving Army officer and a woman inside Bharatpur Police Station,

The Odisha government suspended a police officer who allegedly kicked, slapped and sexually assaulted a serving army officer's fiance woman accompanying an army officer. The duo had visited the police station to lodge a complaint of a road rage.

The Army officer and his fiancée had approached Bharatpur police station to file a complaint about road rage. However, what followed was a harrowing experience for the couple.