Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former Army chief general (retired) VK Singh and several others reacted strongly to the alleged torture of an Indian Army officer and “sexual assault” of his fiancée inside a police station in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.

Leaders and Workers of the Biju Janata Dal held protests in front of Raj Bhawan over the incident on Sunday in Bhubaneswar.

An Army officer and a woman were assaulted in Odisha, with the incident escalating at a local police station where the woman alleges further assault and sexual harassment by officers. Following the allegations,

The Odisha Police suspended five personnel in connection with the alleged assault of an Army officer and molestation of his fiancée at Bharatpur Police Station in Bhubaneswar on September 15. The victim said that she "was physically and sexually assaulted by the police officers,

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has committed to taking stringent action against those involved in the alleged torture of an army officer and sexual assault of his fiancée at a police station.

The alleged assault of an Army officer and molestation of his fiancée by cops in Bharatpur police station of Bhubaneswar has sparked outrage across the country. The Army officer's fiancée claimed she was tortured by Bhubaneswar police at Bharatpur station while attempting to file a complaint against hooligans.

The Army officer and his fiancée had approached Bharatpur police station to file a complaint about road rage. However, what followed was a harrowing experience for the couple.

Odisha police suspended five officers after a woman alleged sexual harassment while in custody with her Army officer friend.