Orissa Speaker faces sexual harassment charges
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Twenty-nine-year-old Panda has alleged Mohanty used to call her to his chamber alone and even sent a car to her place late in the night. Panda also says the Speaker, who was aware she was unmarried, used to make lewd gestures at her.
"I am unmarried and stay alone. He used to send a car to my place at midnight and ask me to meet him alone. When I did House duty on the Speaker's dias, he would call me to his chamber. I can't describe what he used to do then. It's sad that a place where laws are made is a place that is not safe for women," Panda said.
The marshall claims she had lodged a complaint with the Assembly secretary on March 21.
However, Mohanty has denied the accusations. He says Panda is under suspension for dereliction of duty and is trying to blackmail her way back to the job.
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