The Delhi Police on Monday arrested Premoday Khakha, 51, a senior official in the Delhi Government’s Women and Child Department, and his wife Seema Rani, 52, for allegedly sexually assaulting and molesting a minor girl for several months two years ago, and forcing her to terminate her pregnancy with abortion pills, officers said. The couple were arrested after being questioned for several hours on Monday.
The statement of the victim was also recorded before a magistrate under CrPC Section 164, a senior police officer said.
Mr. Khakha was suspended from his post of Assistant Director in the department by Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar on the orders of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Disciplinary proceedings are also being contemplated against the official, Mr. Kumar said in the order.
