Women’s panel asks Muzaffarpur SSP to submit report

PATNA: The Bihar State Women’s Commission has sought a report from Muzaffarpur SSP regarding alleged misbehaviour and scuffle with a woman probationer sub-inspector and her husband by policemen at Fakuli police outpost in the district and action taken against those involved in the incident.
Commission’s chairman Dilmani Mishra said on Tuesday the SSP has been asked to submit his reply within a week. “I will write to the DGP if he fails to reply.The incident is unfortunate and condemnable,” she said. The letter was sent on Monday.
Mishra said the victim and her husband narrated the incident to her on Monday.
The state police headquarters has also directed IG (Tirhut range) Ganesh Kumar to conduct an inquiry into the matter. The woman SI has accused Rituraj Jaiswal, also a probationer officer posted at Fakuli outpost under Kurhani police station area, and outpost in charge Uday Kumar Singh of harassing her. “I don’t know what problem they have with me. I was on duty. Salary was credited into my bank account. I got infected with Covid-19 in between and was in home quarantine after treatment,” she told the media.
Muzaffarpur SSP Jayant Kant said the SI was now attached to Saraiya DSP’s office while Jaiswal was attached to police lines for an impartial inquiry. “A preliminary inquiry was conducted by the women’s police station SHO and the circle inspector concerned,” he said.
The SSP said the two probationer SIs had some dispute over allotment of duty on Muharram day. “The woman SI wanted to go to Patna while she was being given duty. Her husband was also sitting there that day. A scuffle took place between her husband and Jaiswal. Another woman SI had seen all these things unfolding,” he said.
The SSP said there was an evidence that the SI’s husband had threatened Jaiswal of dire consequences. “The woman SI had not been on duty for a month. She was disturbed for some reasons. She travelled between Patna and Muzaffarpur daily with her husband,” SSP added.