Bhubaneswar: A neighborhood court docket right here on Saturday granted bail to seven engineering college students accused of attacking a military officer and misbehaving along with his fiancée on September 15 night time.
The scholars, charged beneath Sections 126 (2), 115 (2), 117 (2), and 296/3 (5) of the BNS, allegedly assaulted the officer and hurled abuses at his fiancée over a car overtaking incident round 2 am.
In accordance with ADCP Krushna Prasad Sprint, police seized 11 cell phones from the accused youths.
The scholars had been arrested on Friday night time and offered earlier than the Judicial Justice of the Peace First Class-2 (JMF) on Saturday, the place they had been granted bail. Their arrest was based mostly on CCTV footage of the incident, in keeping with police.
Police mentioned the scholars dragged the officer and assaulted him when he tried to intervene. They’ve additionally been accused of threatening the couple with dire penalties when the officer tried to video-record the incident on his cell phone, police added.
The accused college students have denied the allegations, claiming they didn’t bodily contact the officer’s fiancée. Nevertheless, a viral video seems to point out them in an altercation with the girl.
“The girl from her automotive confirmed some indecent gestures in direction of us. We had a scuffle with the military officer over the problem. We’re being falsely implicated within the case,” mentioned one of many youths.
Later, when the officer and his fiancée approached Bharatpur police station to lodge a grievance of highway rage, a verbal altercation happened between the couple and a few policemen following which the couple had been allegedly assaulted on the station.
On Thursday, the girl claimed that she was “tied and a male officer kicked on my breasts a number of instances. He lowered down my pants and his as nicely. Exhibiting his non-public half, he requested me how a lot time I wish to stay silent.” Based mostly on the couple’s grievance, the DGP suspended 5 personnel together with the inspector in-charge (IIC) of Bharatpur police station and the crime department has been requested to research the matter.
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