Bhubaneswar: An Inspector of Police has been arrested on charges of sexually exploiting a woman Sub-Inspector (SI) for several years on false promise of marriage in Odisha.

The accused has been identified as Yoshobant Acharya who had joined the state police in 2017. He had been promoted to the rank of Inspector In-Charge (IIC) recently and posted in Kalahandi, sources said. ADVERTISEMENT

Acharya was taken into custody based on a complaint lodged by the female police officer. It was alleged that Acharya had developed an intimate relationship with the woman SI around eight years ago. He had reportedly placed a proposal before her for marriage several years ago.

On the assurance of marriage, the Inspector had allegedly kept physical intimacy with the woman for the first time when she was

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