Odisha: 'Tortured' by IPS officer's wife, woman home guard loses legs in suicide bid
Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) taking suo motu cognizance of the matter and directing the Director General of Police (DGP) to inquire into the matter and submit a report by September 15.
The state government on Tuesday transferred North Central Range DIG, Angul, Brijesh Kumar Rai and posted him at the State Police Headquarters. EOW/STF IGP, JN Pankaj has been asked to look after the NC Range, official sources said.
In a written complaint to DG Home Guard, Sudhanshu Sarangi on August 13, the victim accused the senior IPS officer's wife of verbally abusing her and beating her up if she failed to perform her job properly.
Rai, however, rejected the allegations and claimed that the woman home guard, identified as Souridri Sahu of Angul district, was disturbed because of some family issues.
The DG Home Guard said the allegations will be verified.
In her complaint, Sahu alleged that on August 4, she was also dragged out of the house and abused by the officer's wife as she could not wash some clothes.
Suffering humiliation and torture, the victim claimed in the letter that she decided to die by suicide by jumping before a running train.
While she was standing by the side of the railway tracks when a train was approaching on August 4, she fell down due to vibration and lost her two legs.
Sahu is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Cuttack.
Though the woman home guard has not yet filed any police complaint in this regard, she has written to Governor Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and several others.
Terming her accusations as baseless, Rai, a 2009-batch IPS officer, said, «She had some family issues and was mentally disturbed. We have never mistreated her.
