The senior government official has been booked under POCSO Act for allegedly raping his deceased friend's minor daughter for several months, resulting in her pregnancy. The accused is a Deputy Director of the Women and Child Development (WCD) Department of the Delhi government.
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Monday demanded the arrest of the senior official of the Delhi government’s Women and Child Development (WCD) Department, accused of raping a minor girl for several months.
The Burari Police station registered a First Information Report (FIR) against the official under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on August 13.
The accused has been identified as Sandeep, a resident of Haryana's Sonipat, who is allegedly involved in more than a dozen cases, including that for an attempt to murder, robbery and extortion, as per the police.
According to officials, the accused tried to rob the victims and attacked them with sharp-edged weapons at separate lanes on the intervening night of Friday.
According to police, Arun disclosed that Dharamveer was not happy with the behaviour of his wife because she usually went away from her house for months without any information.