Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais on Tuesday asked DGP Neeraj Sinha why no action was taken against suspended BJP leader Seema Patra after she was accused of harassing his 29-year-old tribal help.
The saffron party has suspended Patra, wife of a retired IAS officer, after a video Sunita, a woman narrating her ordealThe demand for Patra’s arrest went viral on social media.
Members of various tribal organizations visited the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), where the woman is undergoing treatment, and met her. Acting on a tip-off from a government employee, Ranchi police rescued the woman from Patra’s residence last week and recorded her statement before the magistrate on Tuesday, sources said.
Patra had allegedly kept the woman captive at his residence in Ranchi’s posh Ashok Nagar area for the past several years. “The accused will be arrested soon. A case has been registered against Patra under sections of the SC/ST Act and the Indian Penal Code.
“The victim is in a state of shock. He claimed that he was made to lick his own urine and his teeth were broken.” Patra, in her mid-sixties, lives with her husband.
Police said that the matter is being investigated. Meanwhile, a statement issued by the Raj Bhavan said, “Governor Shri Ramesh Bais has taken cognizance of the news of harassment of domestic help Sunita in a very inhuman manner by Seema Patra, a resident of Road No. 1 in Ashok Nagar, Ranchi, and his wife.” Is. of a retired IAS officer. ,
Expressing his displeasure, the Governor has asked the Director General of Police of the state why no action has been taken by the police against the culprits so far. The Governor has also expressed serious concern over the laxity of the police.
Adivasi Janparishad President Prem Shahi Munda said that such atrocities on tribal women will not be tolerated. Another tribal organization Kendriya Sarna Samiti said its members will visit the SC/ST police station here on Wednesday.
Former BJP minister independent MLA Saryu Rai tweeted, “Before initiating legal action, BJP Jharkhand should take action against Madam Seema Patra, who tortured domestic helper..
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