A 50-year-old Head Constable posted at the Sarai Rohilla Police station in North District was on Saturday suspended after a 35-year-old woman accused him of tryng to molest her near her house in North Delhi's Sarai Rohilla area.
According to a senior police officials of the north district, probe in the matter involving Head Constable Kumar has been initiated.
Another police official said on Thursday, two women living in Sarai Rohilla got into a heated argument, which later turned into physical fight regarding which, a case under appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Sarai Rohilla police station and Kumar was made the Investigating Officer.
"The woman (the complainant) had problems with the investigation and complained that the Investigation Officer was not working properly in the matter. To frame the Head Constable, the complainant's husband made a PCR call on Thursday saying that Kumar had allegedly touched his wife inappropriately and allegedly molested her and was also not working properly in the case," said a senior police officer, privy to the investigation.
Based on the statement of the woman, a case of molestation against Kumar under appropriate sections of the IPC was registered at the Sarai Rohilla police station.
"We have registered a molestation case against the police official after receiving the complaint and are investigating the matter further. We also need to verify the facts before taking any action. Departmental enquiry has been initiated in the matter," said a senior police official.