Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Commissionerate police have detained an associate of the editor of a local news portal for allegedly defaming ace sprinter Dutee Chand by publishing defamatory and obscene content.
According to the reports, on September 3, after Dutee filed a complaint Mahila Police station has detained the editor. Dutee has made serious allegations ranging from threats, defamation, sexual harassment insulting modesty and others against them.
Deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Bhubaneswar, Umashankar Das informs that a case has been registered under Sections 292 (2), 354, 385, 506, 509 and 120-B IPC along with Section 6 of indecent representation of women (prohibition) act, 1986. The Mahila PS officials have also searched the news portal office and seized computers along with other elements being used for publishing news, the DCP said, adding, the police investigation on this case still going on.
Sprinter Dutee had lodged complaints against two journalists and his reporter and a social activist alleging that they had published objectionable content against her prior to the Tokyo Olympics, which had an adverse impact on her performance. She had also filed a Rs 5 crore defamation case in civil court in Bhubaneswar in this regard.
