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Delhi government’s Women and Child Development department senior official has been detained after he was accused of repeatedly raping his deceased friend’s teenaged daughter between November 2020 to January 2021. The official’s wife has also been detained for giving the girl pills to abort after the former got to know about the sexual harassment.
According to DCP North District Sagar Singh Kalsi, the teenaged girl, who is a class 12 student ‘has been under stress and tension. She also suffered panic attacks after the incident’. The girl’s father had passed away in 2020, after which she stayed with the accused’s family.
However, the girl returned home with her mother in January 2021 when she came to meet her. She had an anxiety attack in August this year and her mother admitted her to a hospital, where the girl, who is now in Class 12, narrated the whole incident during the counselling session.
The DCP also informed that ‘During her (the minor girl’s) treatment and mediation, the incidents came to light. The doctors have advised that the girl is not fit to give a statement. Action will be taken after recording the girl’s statement’
The official has been suspended on the orders of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He has also sought a report from Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar by 5 pm today.
“A case was registered in Burari PS of North District. The 17-year-old girl lost her father in Oct 2020. Later, the girl was sent to the residence of her deceased father’s family friend who is the accused (Delhi govt official) in the case now. She submitted that in Nov-Dec 2020 and Jan 2021 she was raped by her local guardian. When she told this to the accused’s wife, the woman threatened her and also made her undergo an abortion.” the DCP informed.
The Delhi government said that the “sternest possible” action should be taken against the officer if found guilty. The suspended official has now been arrested by Delhi Police. His wife has also been detained.
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) sent a notice to the Delhi Police on Monday, seeking the arrest of the official.
“We have detained the prime accused husband and wife. The interrogation is underway,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) Sagar Singh Kalsi said.
“It is a sensitive matter and we are investigating it with utmost sincerity. Recording of the statement of the victim under CrPC 164 with the magistrate is underway,” he said.
DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal alleged that she was prevented from meeting the minor at the hospital where she is admitted.
The girl was staying with the accused, a family friend whom she calls ‘mama’, and his family at their house after her father passed away on October 1, 2020.
When the minor allegedly became pregnant, she informed the wife of the accused who later asked her son to get medicines for pregnancy termination and gave them to the girl.
“The Delhi government is sensitive in regard to such serious matters of women’s safety and child abuse. If he has committed any such reprehensible act, the sternest possible action should be taken against him,” the government said in a statement.
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