Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former Army chief general (retired) VK Singh and several others reacted strongly to the alleged torture of an Indian Army officer and “sexual assault” of his fiancée inside a police station in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.

A day after it came to light that the friend of an Army officer was sexually harassed at a police station in Odisha's Bhubaneswar when she and the officer went to file a complaint about an attack on them by a few men,

The Odisha Police Crime Branch has registered a case against five police officers for the alleged sexual assault of an army officer's fiancee in custody. The alleged incident has sparked a political row with the BJD and Congress slamming the BJP.

Our government never hesitates to take action against the culprits. We are taking steps to give stringent punishment to the culprits,” Majhi told reporters in Keonjhar.

Five Odisha police officers were suspended after an assault on an Army officer's friend, raising concerns about accountability and police conduct in the state.

In a letter to high court Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, the army has said 'the prestige of a serving army officer was demeaned and the modesty and dignity of his fiancée, who also happens to be the daughter of a retired brigadier,

The woman said she was returning home with her friend, the Army officer, after closing her restaurant late at night when some men allegedly misbehaved with them.

The Odisha Chief Minister's Office has ordered an expedited Crime Branch investigation following allegations of misconduct and assault on a serving Army officer and a woman inside Bharatpur Police Station,

Congress leaders condemned the Odisha incident involving the alleged assault of an army man and his fiancée, demanding accountability and justice.

Odisha police station sexual abuse, Army officer fiancée harassment: The incident reportedly occurred on September 15 when the Army Major and the woman went to the police station to report harassment.