Assam SI granted bail, arrested for ‘sexually harassing’ woman in custody

An Assam Police Sub-Inspector arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a 24-year-old woman in police custody was released on bail late Sunday evening, officers said.

According to the police, the woman was taken to Sivasagar police station on December 29 following allegations of extortion by a local businessman. The accused sub-inspector was assigned as the inquiry officer in the case.

Sivasagar Superintendent of Police Subhrajyoti Bora said the woman was held in the women and children’s cell at the police station in the presence of a woman constable. “At night, she informed the woman constable that she was feeling cold, which the inquiry officer found out about. He then did something he should not have and brought a blanket and food from his own house and went inside the women and children’s cell at around 1 am to give them to her, and embraced her,” the SP said.

The next morning, when the woman was set to be released after both parties in the case arrived at a compromise, she complained about the sub-inspector’s conduct to the station’s officer-in-charge and to the Deputy Superintendent of Police.