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NIT Rourkela Chief Security officer sent to jail in sexual harassment case

Rourkela, Jun 12 (UNI) National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela Chief Security Officer Balaram Chamaptiray was arrested today and later sent to jail custody on charges of sexually harassing a lady security personnel of the institute. Rourkela police arrested Champatiray from Jagda area under Jhirpani police station limits here and booked him under Sections 354,354(a),354(b) and 506 of the IPC, besides section 3 of the SC/ST Act.
He was produced before the local SDJM court here which rejected his bail petition and sent him to judicial custody. Two female security officers of the NIT , Rourkela had lodged FIR against Mr Champatiray alleging, that they were sexually harassed by the Chief Security Officer. Mr Champatiray had gone underground after FIR was lodged against him and approached the Odisha High court for anticipatory bail which was rejected by the court on June 7. The students of NIT sat in dharna demanding removal of Mr Champatiray and action against him. The chief Security Officer was later suspended by the authority. A team from the Union HRD Ministry also visited the institute and probed into the matter and submitted report to the government on Mr Chamaptiray.
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