Gauhati HC refuses to grant interim discount to Youth Congress President Srinivas BV
On Wednesday, April 26, the Gauhati High Court denied interim discount to Youth Congress nationwide president Srinivas BV throughout the sexual harassment case. Srinivas BV in his plea sought the quashing of the FIR in opposition to him by Assam Pradesh Youth Congress president Angkita Dutta, who was expelled from the get collectively after she levelled allegations in opposition to Srinivas BV.
Before the petitioner’s interim request was thought-about, Justice Ajit Borthakur well-known {{that a}} overview of the case diary, along with the sufferer woman’s assertion beneath Section 164 Cr.P.C., was utterly essential for willpower.
Consequently, the Court refused to grant the interim plea to quash the FIR, noting that it might solely be thought-about as quickly because it had obtained the scanned copy of the case diary and service of uncover on the complainant.
On April 18, Angkita Dutta had posted a sequence of tweets whereby she opened up about going by harassment by the palms of Congress chief Srinivas BV and likewise accused the Congress extreme command of a shortage of curiosity in her case.
In a grievance filed on the Dispur police station in Assam on April 19, Angkita Dutta accused Srinivas BV of being “sexist, chauvinistic, and outraging a woman’s modesty.” She claimed that over the earlier six months, Srinivas BV had been mentally and bodily harassing her, making sexist suggestions, and threatening to take licensed movement if she complains to excellent Congress leaders.
Congress get collectively instead of taking the allegations made by Angkita Dutta critically and showing accordingly decided to serve a licensed uncover to Dutta. Following this, on April 22, the Congress get collectively expelled Assam Pradesh Youth Congress President, Angkita Dutta, from the primary membership of the Congress get collectively for six years for ‘anti-party activities.’
