The Delhi Police has arrested an Uttar Pradesh Police officer from his Sahibabad residence in Ghaziabad on Friday night. A team from Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar police station arrested sub-inspector Vikash Yadav on charges of using criminal force with intent to outrage a woman’s modesty under Section 354 of IPC.
Sanjay Beniwal, Joint Commissioner of Police (Eastern range), confirmed the arrest saying the UP police officer was using criminal intimidation against the aggrieved woman journalist. The police officer further said a police team from New Ashok Nagar police station of Delhi raided the residential premises of sub-inspector Vikash Yadav who had, four days ago, been posted as the police post in-charge of Brij Vihar post under link Road police station of the city police. He has also been booked under Sections 354 (a), 354 (d) of IPC and Sections 66/67 (a) of the IT Act.
However, the team did not inform their Ghaziabad counterparts who contacted Delhi Police upon learning about the arrest. “They confirmed the arrest and said a criminal case was lodged against Vikash Yadav for sending pornographic MMS to a Delhi-based journalist who filed a complaint with the New Ashok Nagar police. Acting on her complaint, the Delhi Police made the arrest,” police said. When contacted, Ghaziabad SSP Dharmendra Singh Yadav said: “I have suspended the police officer with immediate effect. let the law take its course.”