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BJD Leader Seeks BJP MLA’s Arrest Over Sexist, Defamatory Remarks

Her petition to the Odisha State Commission for Women follows an FIR charging Santosh Khatua under four Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, highlighting the commission’s yearlong leadership vacancy.

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Samantsinghar also urged SCW to immediately institute an inquiry into the incident involving the BJP MLA (Instagram/santoshkhatua6)

Overview

  • Samantsinghar’s memorandum asks the commission to direct police to arrest Khatua and order state protection for her and her family.
  • An FIR filed on July 5 under sections 75(2), 79, 296 and 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita accuses Khatua of sexual harassment, insulting modesty, obscene public act and defamation.
  • Samantsinghar linked three elephant-poaching suspects arrested at Khatua’s Nilgiri farmhouse to the MLA during a July 2 press conference, prompting his retaliatory slurs.
  • BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik called Khatua’s language extremely unfortunate and faulted the BJP for remaining silent on the issue.
  • The State Commission for Women has yet to begin formal proceedings with its chairperson post vacant for over a year.