By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: ‘Everyone Must listen to Ankita Pradhan, Fiancée of Army officer, Daughter of Rtd Army Officer- What happened to her in PS Bharatpur in Odisha is shameful and horrendous. Odisha Chief Minister should take immediate action against the police personnel and all who are trying to shield the criminals in police uniform,” said Former Chief of Army Staff , General VK Singh. General Singh, who is also a Former Minister, MP from Ghaziabad , condemned the incident.
Retd Army General , Former GOC 15 Corps, Lt Gen Satish Dua wrote “Strong and prompt action is needed against the culprits,”.
‘If this doesn’t shake your conscious .. nothing will..For the first time, I won’t write Jai Hind in my tweet,” Lt General (Retired) KJS Dhillon aka Tinny Dhillon posted on X.
Central Command, Indian Army wrote in a x post “Intervention by the Hon’ble High Court, Chief Secretary & DGP of Odisha has resulted in Ms Ankita Pradhan granted bail. Meanwhile, investigation by State Crime Branch has been ordered by DGP, Odisha. Five police officials of Police Station Bharatpur, Odisha have been suspended. IndianArmy is sanguine that strict action will be taken against the erring, which was reposted by Additional Directorate General of Public Information, IHQ of MoD.
Maj Gen Raju Chauhan, VSM posted ‘Absolute shame and shameless Odisha Police .Mere suspension is not enough. Arun Bothra waiting for your response on incident,’
Major Pawan Kumar, Shaurya Chakra (Retd) posted in X’ Bharatpur police station was inaugurated in March and boasts of having most people friendly, lawns, conf rooms, counseling rooms, cctvs etc The most modernized police station in odisha as they boast, Police Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda, I think this is most worst police station in entire India, you must take the responsibility and hang your uniform in shame , idk how will you face your daughter at home . DGP Odisha around 5 crores spent on modernization and there were no cctvs ? Heights of corruption here’
‘It’s deeply concerning to hear about the absence of basic facilities like CCTV cameras in a police station that claims to be one of the most modernized, especially after significant public funds were spent on its development,” posted Lt Cdr Ajay Kumar (Retired).Sources said, Union Defence Ministry may step into the issue.
Lieutenant General Commanding and Colonel of the Indian Army’s Mechanised Infantry Regiment of Madhya Bharat area, Lt General PS Shekhawat in a letter to Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Chief Justice of Odisha High Court has pleaded for Suo Moto intervention of the Court into the alleged molestation and physical torture of Indian Army officer of the Sikh Regiment, Major Gurvansh Singh’s Fiancée Ankita Pradhan in Bhubaneswar’s Bharatpur Police Station. The victim Ankita Pradhan happens to be the daughter of a retired Army Brigadier. This was for the firs time Indian Army seeking High Court intervention against Odisha Police , the letter of which is available with www.indianewsdiary.com.
