Gayatri Panda files FIR against Assembly Speaker
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Bhubaneswar: A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against Orissa Assembly Speaker, Maheshwar Mohanty, at the Mahila police station on behalf of marshal Gayatri Panda by a group of women activists, the police sources said. The marshal has accused the Speaker of sexually harassing her. Assistant Commissioner of Police, B N Guru told reporters that Panda's FIR was accepted but a case was yet to be registered as inspector in-charge of Mahila police station was away from the state capital. Accusing the Speaker of engaging his driver and other staff to persuade her to have relations with him, Panda alleged in the FIR that Mohanty had also been making vulgar gestures towards her frequently. Accusing the Speaker of sending a vehicle to fetch her from her house around midnight, Panda said that all these had caused her mental agony and she was unable to tolerate Mohanty's behaviour any more. "Since I did not agree to these proposals, I was suspended repeatedly and threatened of actions on flimsy grounds," she claimed adding that messages were sent to her that all problems would be solved if she met him alone. The FIR also allege that some anti-social elements had threatened to kill her if she posed any challenge to Mohanty.(PTI)
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