Signed by the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, East Guwahati, the discover requested Srinivas to look earlier than the Dispur police station at 11 am on May 2, failing which he could be “liable for arrest”. The discover was served beneath Section 41 (A) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

While Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned the police have been “acting in accordance with the law”, Srinivas mentioned in a tweet later Sunday, “Over the past five days, at the behest of the CM of Assam, a fake case was filed to stop me from campaigning in Karnataka. But the Olympians of the country have been accusing the BJP MP of harassment for months. Where is the FIR? Where are BJP ministers and agent organizations?”

In Bengaluru, Assam Joint Commissioner of Police Prateek Thube instructed reporters that as per their investigation, the sufferer had been “constantly tortured, abused and sexually abused for the last six months”.

“We are here [Srinivas’s home] to investigate the case,” Thube mentioned. “As no one was here, we have pasted the notice, and we are also sending the notice to his native place. We have given him a notice, a time to appear before the investigation officer and cooperate in the process of investigation,” Thube mentioned.

Assam DGP G P Singh had instructed The Indian Express Saturday that “a case had been registered”, and an inquiry instituted on the directions of the National Commission for Women (NCW). “We would take all measures required for investigation,” he mentioned.

According to the discover, the case was registered beneath Sections 509 (utilizing phrases, gestures or acts meant to insult the modesty of a girl), 294 (obscene acts and songs to the annoyance of others), 341 (wrongful restraint), 352 (assault or use of felony pressure to any individual), 354/354A(iv) (assault or felony pressure to lady with intent to outrage her modesty), Section 506 (felony intimidation) of the IPC and Section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene materials in digital kind) of The Information Technology Act.

Dutta had first raised the allegations towards Srinivas on Twitter and later filed a police grievance.

In a sequence of tweets on April 18, she accused Srinivas of “continually” harassing her and discriminating towards her on the premise of gender for six months. The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee responded by slapping a showcause discover on her the identical day.

On Saturday, Dutta – daughter of late Congress chief Anjan Dutta – was expelled from major membership of the social gathering for purported “anti-party activities”. “She was given a chance to explain her conduct through the showcause notice but her response was unsatisfactory,” mentioned Debabrata Saikia, Leader of Opposition within the Assembly.

While there have been murmurs that Dutta could be a part of the BJP, each she and Chief Minister Sarma scotched the rumours.

On Saturday, Sarma mentioned the Congress ought to have “internally solved the issue”. “Since it has not, now the police will register the case. Law will take its own course,” he had mentioned.

On Sunday, senior Congress chief Randeep Surjewala hit out at Sarma. “The turncoat CM of Assam who is trying to outbid Amit Shah to his post has now become infamous for his antics to stay in news…We reject this propaganda completely. Sometimes he wants to arrest Pawan Khera, sometimes he wants to arrest B V Srinivas. Perhaps it is to save the ignominity that Mr Modi was trying to arrest him once for Saradha scam and Louis Berger scam,” he instructed reporters.

Sarma responded on Twitter Sunday: “The Assam police is acting in accordance with the law. They are currently investigating a case filed by a female Congress worker against the accused person under Section 354 of IPC. It is unfair to blame me for the lack of a safe environment within the Congress party for female workers. Please advise the accused to cooperate with the legal process.”