Delhi court orders rape FIR against cop probing rape of minor

A SPECIAL court on Monday directed Delhi Police to register an FIR against a woman investigation officer on alleged charges of sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl, saying that there are “clear allegations of commission of penetrative sexual assault” upon the victim with “a view to create false evidence”.

The order came after the girl approached court through her mother to state that the officer had forced her to undergo a “medical re-examination” during which her clothes were “allegedly removed and forcefully the finger was inserted” in her private parts.

This, she alleged in her complaint, was done to protect a school-teacher, who she had accused of raping her last year, and instead implicate her own father in the case.

Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav directed the station house officer in Mongolpuri to register an FIR against the woman sub-inspector (WSI) under sections of the POCSO Act.

Court documents detailing the case’s background show that police first slapped charges of sexual assault against the 35year-old teacher for molesting the girl, who is a student at a school run by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation in outer Delhi’s Aman Vihar, last August.

Days later, they show, an FIR was registered against the father of the girl, based on a complaint filed by the teacher on alleged charges of sexual assault. The court, while granting bail to the father, had marked both cases to be investigated by the District

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, Army chief General Bipin Rawat at the Army commanders conference in New Delhi Monday.