The woman who had accused senior Haryana cadre IAS officer SN Roy of sexual harassment, on Monday claimed that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by Chandigarh Police, harassed her during one hour long interrogation related to the case.
The complainant who was summoned by the SIT on Monday alleged that she was pressurised to write a statement. The woman, while talking to The Pioneer said, “I was pressurised to give a written statement by the three-member SIT but I refused to do so. I have demanded that FIR should be registered in the case only after which I will give a statement.”
“The higher authorities are trying to save SN Roy in the case,” alleged the complainant who had last week accused the senior IAS officer of sexually exploiting her for the past seven years on the pretext of marriage.
Haryana DGP had last week handed over the complaint to Chandigarh IGP for further investigation and the Chandigarh Police had formed a three-member SIT to look into the matter. The SIT is headed by woman IPS officer SP (Headquarters) Urvija Goel with members including Assistant SP (East) GS Sidhu and Station House Officer of Sector 19 police station Maninder Singh.
SP (headquarter) Urvija Goel, on the other hand, said the SIT is investigating the case and “I refused to comment on the allegations made by the complainant. The woman was summoned on Monday and SN Roy would also be summoned soon,” she added.
The complainant, a divorcee also visited Governor’s house on Monday to meet Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki and sought action against Roy. She said, “I have been given time to meet Governor on Tuesday evening. If the Government and Police fail to take action against SN Roy, I will protest against the authorities in front of Governor’s house from tomorrow onwards.” last week, she had submitted a complaint against the IAS officer to Haryana Governor and also with Haryana State Commission for Women.
Meanwhile, adding a twist to the action against IAS officer Roy, Haryana Government on Monday stripped him of the charge of Principal Secretary in Haryana’s Urban local Bodies Department. An official Press note issued on Monday stated that Mahavir Singh, Principal Secretary, Haryana Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Fisheries Department has been given the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Urban local Bodies vice SN Roy.
Roy was asked to proceed on leave by the State Government on April 14.The IAS officer has also submitted a complaint with the Chandigarh Police alleging that the women is blackmailing him and has also demanded Rs10 crore from him.
The woman had reportedly submitted a video clip to the UT police that puportedly shows the two dancing and conversing near a bedside. In her complaint filed in February, the woman claimed that she came in contact with Roy in 2008 when she was fighting a case against her former husband. She alleged that Roy introduced himself to her as a divorcee and the two started a relationship.