PURNIA/ARARIA:
In a despicable act, an assistant sub-inspector, who was deputed at a flood
relief camp, tried to outrage the modesty of a girl evacuee at Bathnaha railway
station in Araria district on Saturday
evening.
The cop, K K
Chowdhury, was drunk. His move angered her relatives and flood victims at the
station. They tried to beat up the policeman. But by then, Government Rail
Police (GRP) personnel had descended on the scene. Chowdhury was arrested.
Taking swift action, Araria SP M A Siddiqui suspended the ASI on Sunday.
Chowdhury, posted at Simrahi
police station, was currently deputed at a flood relief camp in
Bathnaha.
Additional DG (HQ)
Anil Sinha said in Patna that the ASI had been arrested "on the charge of
creating nuisance at the railway station in an inebriated condition". He denied
the molestation charge.
Sinha
said the state police force is doing an "exemplary work" in carrying out relief
and rescue operations in the flood-affected Kosi region. "No one will be allowed
to tarnish this image. There will be zero tolerance for errant behaviour," he
said.
NGO Bhumika Bihar,
apprehending contemptible activities towards girls and women evacuees at relief
camps, has asked female counsellors to educate them so that they do not fall
prey to inducements and carrots from suspicious and sneaky helpers.