Guwahati: Biman Roy, the disgraced cop named in the Ghograpar Police Station case was arrested from Panikhaiti Railway Station on Thursday.
The cop had been accused of taking obscene pictures of a minor girl, who was apprehended and kept at the Police Station premises. The incident had taken place on June 26.
Former OC of Ghograpar Police Station Inspector Biman Roy who was absconding after he was accused of clicking objectionable photographs of a minor girl inside the police station was arrested from Panikhaiti Railway station, Guwahati on Thursday.
Following the heinous incident the cop was dismissed from service.
As per reports Biman Roy was found at the Railway station by Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel and was immediately rushed to Gauhati Medical College Hospital as he was found in an unconscious state.
Addressing reporters, the superintendent of GMCH, Abhijit Sarma said, “An unidentified person was brought to GMCH at around 5.42 am today. The patient’s Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was low. It was recorded at 8/15.”
“The doctors attending to him said that it was a case of food poisoning. At present his GCS is still low. Other than that, he is fine. Currently, one member of his family is with him. He was identified as Biman Roy,” added Abhijit Sarma.
The cop has been on the run since the event, it should be noted. DGP GP Sing assured that if the Sub-Inspector (SI) of Ghograpar Police Station in Nalbari is found guilty in the First Information Report (FIR) filed by a teenage girl, legal action will be taken against him.
The incident had come to the fore on June 26 when a minor girl lodged a complaint at the police station against the police official alleging him of clicking obscene pictures of her and humiliating her in front of other officials inside the lock-up.
It was learnt that the victim girl had allegedly eloped with her lover on June 21, however, they were apprehended by the police and were bought to Ghograpar PS. Both of them were kept inside the lockup that night.
“I was forced to remove my clothes by the SI, but, I denied it. He then threatened me and hence I got scared and removed my clothes. SI has clicked my naked picture and had tried to harass me with his obscene gesture. In the morning, I had informed about the incident to a woman police official, but she asked me to keep quiet,” said the girl in her complaint letter.
Following this, a case has been registered against the police official vide Nalbari police station case number 287/23 under section 354(b)/509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and R/W section 12/14(1) of the POCSO act.