One of the accused was arrested while the other is on the run, the police informed further. However, the police did not clarify if the accused conductor was arrested.
The accused government official allegedly sexually harassed his friend's minor daughter for several months and impregnated her. His wife Seema Rani, who was also arrested by the Delhi Police in the same case, has also been sent to further one-day judicial custody.
Aam Aadmi Party leader and minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Tuesday came down heavily on Delhi Police for not allowing Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal to meet the minor, who was allegedly subjected to repeated sexual assaults by a senior government official, at a hospital.
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal continued her sit-in on Tuesday at a hospital after she was stopped from meeting the minor, who was allegedly raped by a senior official of the Delhi government.
The rape-accused Delhi government official, who allegedly sexually harassed his friend's minor daughter for several months and impregnate her, will be produced in the court on Tuesday, police said.
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal sat on a dharna at the hospital after she was stopped from meeting the minor who was sexually assaulted by a senior Delhi government official.
"Sexual assault of a woman is itself distressing and sexual abuse resulting in pregnancy compounds the injury. This is because such a pregnancy is not voluntary or mindful,” the apex court said.
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 Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday ordered the suspension of a government official, accused of raping his friend's minor daughter for several months.
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.