Taking note of Facebook posts by a probationer IAS officer detailing her “traumatic” experience with the judiciary after she filed a case of sexual harassment, the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday said it would approach the high court with a request for an appropriate response.

On August 1, when the officer Riju Bafna sought privacy to record her statement under Section 164 before a judicial magistrate, Seoni, a senior lawyer reportedly tried to bully her by arguing against leaving the court premises. Later, the magistrate said she had expectations about privacy because she was young, and would not do so (in future) once she gets to know the system and courts, she claimed. The officer was recording her statement in connection with a case about indecent text messages she had received a week before.