The special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) judge of Tis Hazari Court on Wednesday sent suspended Delhi government official, Premoday Khakha, and his wife, Seema Rani, to 14 days of judicial custody till September 6, in connection with the rape of a minor girl.
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.
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and said that she should be allowed to have a meeting with the minor girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a government official in the national capital.
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.
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.
According to police following the death of her father, who was also a Delhi government employee, the minor was living with the accused in Burari from October 2020 to February 2021. (ANI)
"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 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.
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