Uttarakhand additional secretary, Home, JP Joshi was arrested under Section 376-C of IPC by a special police team of Uttarakhand police in a rape case registered by a woman against Joshi who has been accused of sexually exploiting her for two years on the pretext of giving her a job. Joshi has been sent to 14 days judicial remand.
While interacting with media persons, Uttarakhand Director General of Police BS Sidhu said Joshi was arrested from his residence in Dehradun at 4 pm on Tuesday after investigation on the complaint registered by the woman was completed by the special police team headed by the Women Security Cell In-charge and Additional SP Mamta Vohra.
Investigation on the counter FIR lodged by Joshi against the woman and two men is yet to be completed, though police team had collected some evidence regarding the same. Sidhu said that during investigations, it was revealed that Joshi had gone to Nainital on the date mentioned in the FIR lodged by the woman.