RPF ASI held for outraging modesty of woman in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: An assistant sub-inspector of Railway Protection Force (RPF) was arrested for allegedly outraging the modesty of a 23-year-old woman on Tuesday night. Government Railway Police apprehended the accused Niranjan Jena (40) after receiving a complaint from the victim.

As per GRP, the victim is a native of Jagatsinghpur and works in a private company here. She stays in a ladies hostel at VSS Nagar. The woman had visited Puri along with her friends and returned to Bhubaneswar at about 11.30 pm.

Her friends left but she decided to stay in the railway station overnight as her hostel gate closes by 9 pm. While she was sitting in the railway station, Jena asked her to wait inside RPF office.