Odisha Police Suspended Over Alleged Assault on Army Officer's Fiancée

Controversy deepens as judicial probe and polygraph test are ordered amid conflicting accounts from former Army and CBI chiefs.

The incident occurred on September 15 at Bharatpur police station, where the woman claims she was sexually assaulted and her fiancé, an Army officer, was illegally detained.
Retired Army Chief General VK Singh condemned the Odisha Police's actions, demanding immediate action against the officers involved.
Former CBI Director M Nageswara Rao disputed the allegations, claiming the couple was drunk and misbehaving, and defended the police's conduct.
The Odisha government has suspended five police personnel and ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident, with the state's crime branch investigating.
A court has permitted a polygraph test on the suspended police inspector, who has consented to additional tests to verify the allegations.