NEW DELHI: A senior official of the Delhi government’s Women and Child Development department has been booked for allegedly raping his friend’s minor daughter several times and impregnating her, police said on Sunday.
The girl was staying with the accused — a deputy director in the WCD department — and his family at their house after her father passed away on October 1, 2020.
The accused had allegedly raped the girl several times between November 2020 and January 2021, a senior police officer said, adding his wife has also been charged with giving her medicine to terminate pregnancy.
Responding to the allegation against the official, the Delhi government said “the sternest possible action should be taken against him” if found guilty.
“He (the accused) is a deputy director in the WCD Department. Since an FIR has been lodged in the alleged matter, the law should take its course. The Delhi government is sensitive in regard to such serious matters of women’s safety and child abuse. If he has committed any such reprehensible act, the sternest possible action should be taken against him,” the government said in a statement.
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