Angkita Dutta Harassment Case: Congress’ Srinivas BV to Appear Before Dispur Police
GUWAHATI: Former Indian Youth Congress President Srinivas BV to appear before Dispur Police in connection to harassment case filed by Angkita Dutta. On April 19 expelled Assam Youth Congress Angkita Dutta filed a complaint accusing Srinivas BV of harassing and torturing her for the last six months.
Srinivas BV, the former president of the Indian Youth Congress, has been ordered to appear at the Dispur police station in this city on Tuesday in relation to an allegation of harassment and gender discrimination made by a now-expelled Congress leader.
Later in the day, the court will take up Srinivas' case before the Gauhati High Court, which is seeking the quashing of the FIR against him.
When the Assam police objected to Srinavas' request for anticipatory bail, the Special Public Prosecutor from that state made arguments in their favour.
It is to note that, On 23rd April a team of Assam Police went to Bengaluru and issued a notice to appear before Dispur Police by 2 May 2023.
In her complaint, Angkita Dutta, the expelled leader of the Assam Youth Congress, claimed that Srinivas had been "persistently harassing and torturing her for the last six months by making sexist comments, using slang words, and also threatening her of dire consequences if she keeps complaining against him to the senior party office bearers." The complaint was made on April 19 at the Dispur police station.
She further stated in her complaint that the accused harassed her, grabbed her arm, shoved her, used vulgar terms, and threatened to damage her career in the party if she reported about him during the most recent party plenary meeting in Raipur.
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