The Tripura High Court has ordered transfer of a civil judge posted in Kamalpur, who was accused of sexually assaulting a rape survivor in his chamber.
The High Court issued a notification on February 23, which said that judge Biswatosh Dhar, serving as Civil Judge (Junior Division)- cum-Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kamalpur, Dhalai District, has been transferred to the High Court.
He would be kept on compulsory waiting for future posting, it added.
The notification said that the charge of the court and office of the civil judge at Kamalpur (First Class Judicial Magistrate) would remain with Madhumita Biswas, Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate-cum-Civil Judge (Junior Division), Kamalpur, Dhalai District, till further orders.
Judge Dhar was directed to report to the High Court immediately.
As per media reports, a woman had claimed that the civil judge groped her on February 16, when she visited his chamber to have a statement recorded regarding her rape case.
She filed a complaint with the Additional District and Sessions Judge in Kamalpur, Dhalai district, stating that when she was about to record her statement on February 16 in the judge’s chamber, the latter groped her.
The complainant says she rushed out of his chamber and informed the lawyers and her husband about the incident.
The woman’s husband has reportedly filed a separate complaint with the Kamalpur Bar Association regarding the incident.
Following the complaint, a three-member panel led by District and Sessions judge Gautam Sarkar has initiated a probe into the allegations.