Bhubaneswar, May 8: Indulata Das, spouse of senior Bureaucrat Taradutt today alleged that State Commission for Women was deliberately delaying action on her complaint against her husband in a bid to give him a ‘long rope.’
She accused the chairperson of SCW Lopamudra Buxipatra of functioning in a ‘VIP style’ and bias.
In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Das alleged “the Commission is no more a Mahila Commission but has been transformed into a VIP Commission”.
She said in her letter, “Taradatt is going to retire on June 30. The Commission is deliberately prolonging the case to give him a long rope; so that he would retire from the service without facing any trouble.”
She alleged, “Even though I had filed my complaint in December 2014, the commission has not made any headway in the investigation. It is not functioning without fear or favour. I think she (chairperson) is working under pressure of VIPs.”
However, Buxipatra said she had done what she could within the limits of the law. ”I have done what I could within the limits of rules. I have never gone beyond it”, Buxipatra said.
Notably, Das had approached the SCW accusing her husband of indulging in an extra-marital affair with a senior bureaucrat based in New Delhi.
