Police on Friday arrested a Master Book Keeper of a Gram Panchayat in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on the charge of coercing around a dozen of women Self Help Group members to show their pigmented nevi (Moles) on their sensitive parts of bodies and video-graphing of the black moles with promise to pay them Rs 1,000 for each mole.
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Police on Friday arrested a Master Book Keeper of a Gram Panchayat in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on the charge of coercing around a dozen of women Self Help Group members to show their pigmented nevi (Moles) on their sensitive parts of bodies and video-graphing of the black moles with promise to pay them Rs 1,000 for each mole.
Pigmented nevi (moles) are growths on the skin that usually are flesh-coloured, brown or black. In the Self Help Group (SHG) system, a Master Book Keeper (MBK), who is appointed by the gram panchayat body, plays an important role in maintaining the financial records.
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Kalpana Samal, the president of Ma Budhi Kankei SHG of Tentulikoli village under the Rajkanika police station, lodged an FIR in the police station on 7 June alleging that Somyaranjan Samal (25) a Master Book Keeper of the Gram Panchayat compelled them to do so.
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Acting on the complaint, nd investigation was launched and a case was registered against the accused under Section 79 (criminalizes acts or words intended to insult a woman’s modesty) under BNS. The accused had fled from the village after a police complaint was lodged.
Samal was arrested today from Chandanpur village under Nemal police station in Cuttack district> He was later sent to jail after the local court rejected his bail application, said the Inspector-In-Charge of Rajkanika police station, Sanjay Kumar Mallick.
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