Molester BSF man suspended
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 25 2023:
A BSF trooper deployed in the state for security duties following the communal violence erupting in the state since May 3, has been suspended for molesting a woman inside a general shop at Khoyathong.
Identifying the accused trooper as head constable Satish Prasad of 100 battalion BSF, a source informed that the repugnant incident happened on July 20 in a grocery store.
He was suspended the same day after the paramilitary force received a complaint.
Imphal police station also registered an FIR the next day.
An internal probe has been initiated against the head constable.
Widely circulated online, the video of the alleged molestation showed the head constable, in uniform and carrying an INSAS rifle, touching the woman inappropriately.