Harassment charges against Youth Congress chief: NCW asks Assam Police to conduct inquiry

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked the Assam Police to conduct an inquiry into the harassment allegations levelled by former Assam Youth Congress chief Angkita Dutta against party’s youth wing national president Srinivas BV.

Taking cognizance of the same, NCW chief Rekha Sharma has written to Assam’s Director General of Police (DGP) Gyanendra Pratap Singh to personally look into the matter and conduct an inquiry into the allegations in a fair and time-bound manner. The NCW, which will also be inquiring into the matter, on Wednesday said that a detailed report must be apprised to it by the Assam Police.

Earlier on Tuesday, Dutta accused Srinivas of being “sexist and chauvinistic” and discriminating against her based on gender. Srinivas has issued a legal notice to Dutta and said that she was defaming him. Whoever is found indulged in propagating/peddling false & defamatory content will be held liable under the relevant laws & will be held accountable for their acts,” he tweeted.

Linking Dutta’s allegations with the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, Srinivas said: “Sorry for not being able to answer BJP and their sponsored stooges earlier because of the marathon election campaign in Karnataka, where BJP is all set to lose badly.”

“No diversion can save the BJP in the state of Karnataka,” he added.