Nayagarh: A former Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of Police was awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 20,000 by the Nayagarh Fast Track Court for raping a minor girl.
The court ordered the District Legal Services Authority to pay an amount of Rs 7 lakh to the victim towards compensation.
According to the proceedings of the case, the convicted former police official Braja Kishore Mallick was serving as an ASI at the Banigoccha police station in Nayagarh district.
Mallick during visits to his native village had raped the minor girl, a distant relative of his on several occasions leading to her getting pregnant.
Following the development, the victim’s family lodged a written complaint at the State Commission for Women (SCW). The SCW had forwarded the complaint to Nayagarh SP through Nayagarh Child Welfare Committee.
On Nayagarh SP’s instructions, a case was registered at Fatehgarh police station in this connection in 2018 and an enquiry was conducted.
Following the enquiry, Mallick was suspended and arrested.
