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Odisha IRS Officer Booked Over Alleged Rape and Video Blackmail as Probe Widens

Investigators report phone seizures with the complainant’s statement to be recorded before a magistrate next.

Overview

  • Police say a rape case was registered on February 20 under Section 64(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
  • The complaint alleges the February 15 assault occurred at the officer’s Satsang Vihar government quarters in Bhubaneswar after he played obscene content on a laptop.
  • The complainant says the officer claimed to have secretly recorded her while she changed clothes and threatened to circulate the footage if she spoke out.
  • She approached Saheed Nagar police after learning on February 18 that a video was being shared and after the officer allegedly pressed her to meet him at a Puri hotel.
  • Police conducted a medical examination, inspected the official residence, seized mobile phones for digital evidence, and indicated they will issue a summons to the accused based on findings.