New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson has directed the Commissioner of Police and the Secretary at WCD Delhi for a swift inquiry into the allegations of sexual assault on a minor by an officer and to present a report within five days.
“NCW is deeply disturbed by a recent media report concerning a Delhi Government officer from the WCD allegations of sexual assault on a minor have emerged, along with disturbing details of the victim’s ordeal. This heinous crime happened repeatedly with the victim and it is shocking that the perpetrator was working right under the nose of the Delhi Government. The accused is suspended but not arrested. NCW chairperson has directed The Commissioner of Police and the Secretary at WCD Delhi for a swift enquiry and present a report within five days,” NCW posted in their X handle.
Delhi Police on Monday conducted a probe at the residence of the senior city government official who has been booked on the charges of raping a minor girl.
According to a senior official, the police team had arrived at the residence in Burari earlier in the day. “Investigation is in progress and after the statement to the Magistrate, further course of action will be decided,” he added.
The victim is still under trauma and stress and currently under observation.
As per sources, the accused officer is serving as deputy director with the Women and Child Development Department while the victim is a Class XII student.
The accused allegedly repeatedly raped the victim between 2020 and 2021.
She met the accused at a church. In 2020, the victim’s father died, after which she got into depression. The accused, who had already befriended her, took her to his house on the pretext of helping her.
But, the girl told the police that during the time between October 2020 and February 2021, when she was with her “guardian” who lived in Burari, she was raped several times.
(IANS)
