Former Director-General of Police Rajesh Das, who was convicted of sexually harassing a woman Superintendent of Police, reportedly evaded the police when they went to execute an arrest warrant issued by a trial court.
Mr. Das had sexually harassed the SP when they were involved in security arrangements for then Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami during an election campaign in February 2021. Mr. Das was convicted on June 16, 2023, after a trial by the Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Villupuram and sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman (Amendment) Act, 2002, besides being levied a fine.
