"He also pulled the hair of women trainees during a parade and asked women to come out of the swimming pool on the pretext of a head count. Later, angry women trainees took up the matter with senior police officials and lodged a complaint which was signed by the 32-member batch. My wife never suffers stomach cramps during periods, you are making excuses," a trainee quoted Sahu as having told another trainee. She said the police academy did not have rules to permit menstruating women to take rest.Once he made fun of a pregnant woman trainee, asking why she had no baby bump, said sources.Meanwhile, a delegation of state women commission visited the police academy to meet the trainees. "A commission team interacted with women trainees and heard their complaints," commission chairperson Harshita Pandey said.

Source: Times of India August 25, 2016 01:31 UTC