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The Karnataka State Commission for Women has taken superior enactment of media reports alleging intersexual harassment by a constabulary inspector attached to the Moodbidri Police Station successful Dakshina Kannada territory and has sought a elaborate study from the Mangaluru City Police.
In a missive addressed to the Police Commissioner of Mangaluru, the committee referred to a study aired by kannada quality transmission connected Monday, which alleged that Sandesh B.G., ellipse inspector of the Moodbidri Police Station, had sexually harassed a pistillate by promising to unafraid the merchandise of her hubby from jailhouse successful transportation with a case.
The allegations stated that the serviceman reportedly demanded intersexual favours from the pistillate and besides allegedly asked her to wage ₹25 lakh, threatening that her hubby would different beryllium included successful the rowdy-sheeter list. He was besides accused of abusing different women arsenic well. Three victims were said to person shared their ordeal with the media.
The media study besides alleged that the victims were threatened successful the constabulary presumption and warned that mendacious cases would beryllium filed against them if they did not cooperate.
Taking beardown objection to the allegations, the committee said the officer’s behaviour amounts to superior misconduct, dereliction of work and misuse of powerfulness by a authorities authoritative who is expected to support women.
The committee has directed the constabulary authorities to behaviour a due enquiry into the substance arsenic per rules, instrumentality disciplinary enactment against the serviceman if the allegations are recovered to beryllium true, and taxable a study astatine the earliest.
