India, March 5 -- A district court in Assam has rejected a police report that said there's not enough evidence to act against a woman IAS officer who was accused by her junior of mental harassment and humiliation.

The court, however, directed a senior police officer to probe further.

The case pertains to allegations levelled by Arpana Sarmah, a circle officer, against Varnali Deka, the deputy commissioner of Nalbari district. The junior officer accused Deka of "mental harassment, public humiliation and threats" while on election duty during the Lok Sabha polls in May last year.

"I deem it fit and proper to issue a direction to further investigate, into the allegations made by the complainant in her FIR, through a senior police officer ...