Bhubaneswar, February 22 An officer of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) has been booked in Bhubaneswar on allegations of raping a woman, police said on Sunday.
The case has been registered under Section 64 of the BNS on the basis of a complaint filed at the Saheednagar police station in the city, they said.
The alleged incident took place on January 15 at the officer's official residence in the city, where the woman had gone along with a friend, they added.
The FIR was registered on February 20 after a preliminary inquiry established prima facie evidence, officials said.
The woman, who is married, alleged that the accused officer had threatened to circulate her intimate photographs on social media.
Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh said that an investigation is underway.
