In connection with charges of molestation and criminal intimidation against Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat filed by a woman from Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) in Safdarjung Enclave Police Station, Uttarakhand Director General of Police BS Sidhu said, “Delhi Police have not informed the State police about this FIR so far. We learnt about it through newspapers. Whatever information we have on this case will be shared with the Delhi Police after contact.”
The DGP said that around four months ago, Cabinet Minister Rawat had informed him about a Meerut based criminal blackmailing him (Rawat). Regarding this case, Rawat had not registered a case against the accused. “Based on verbal communication with Rawat on this case, we had conducted inquiry and updated the Minister,” he added.
According to DGP, as woman complainant had registered a case against the Minister in the Safdarjung Enclave Police Station, the case will be investigated by the investigation officer of the police station concerned. “If Delhi Police approaches the Uttarakhand police in this case, we will share report of inquiry conducted by the police in the past,” he added.
Sources said this woman had met the Minister few months ago in Dehradun and then in Delhi and requested him to allocate a mining slot in Haridwar to her.
It should be mentioned here that the Delhi Police have registered a case under sections 354 and 506 of the IPC against Rawat on charges of molestation and criminal intimidation. The woman complainant accused the Rudraprayag MlA of sexually harassing her at a house in south Delhi’s Green Park in September last year.