Assam jail superintendent held for ‘sexually assaulting’ two women

By: Rokibuz Zaman
GUWAHATI: Sonitpur Police on Thursday arrested Mrinmoy Dawka, the superintendent of Tezpur Central Jail, in a connection with two separate cases of allegedly sexually assaulting two women on the jail premises.
Dawka has been sent to five days of police custody, a Sonitpur district official said.
The 57-year-old jail superintendent was arrested under IPC section 354 (A) (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 409 (Criminal breach of trust by public servant) and 376 (C) (intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home) was registered against him in Tezpur police station.
Sonitpur police chief Mugdhajyoti Dev Mahanta said based on complaints filed by a husband of the woman and another lady, Dwaka was arrested on Thursday.
“In both cases, the complainants alleged that the superintendent has outraged the modesty of the women. The incident was reported last month,” Mahanta told TOI.
The husband of the woman lodged an FIR on May 24 and later registered a case at Tezpur Sadar Police station alleging the accused jailer allegedly molested her wife. Another victim, the 43-year-old woman, also made the same allegations against the jail superintendent, police said.
(The victims' identity has not been revealed to protect their privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)