Lakhanpur: Jharsuguda town police arrested Tuesday the deputy collector of Boudh district, Sarat Kumar Bag. The official was nabbed after his wife Dalia Debnath lodged a complaint with the BTM police station accusing her husband of physical torture and infidelity. The complaint had been lodged Saturday and since then police have been investigating the matter.
In her complaint, Dalia alleged that Bag was in an extramarital affair and he assaulted her physically to get rid of her.
Sources said, Bag had gone to visit the woman he was allegedly in a relationship with, Saturday in Jharsuguda town. However, Dalia followed him and caught her husband red-handed. A bitter quarrel broke out between the two.
Later as per the allegations, Bag and some others misbehaved with Dalia and assaulted her due to which she suffered injuries. She was rushed to the Jharsuguda district headquarters hospital for medical examination and was discharged after treatment. Then she had lodged a complaint at the BTM police station.
Bag had dismissed the allegations as baseless. He had said a conspiracy had been hatched against him to tarnish his image and truth would come out after a probe.
Sub-divisional police officer Kailash Acharya said Bag was produced in a local court and remanded to judicial custody after his medical check-up.
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