Initially, the student filed an FIR against the IAS officer of the 2019 batch. Following the FIR a case was registered against the officer under IPC sections 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman).
IAS Officer arrested for allegedly sexually harassing IIT student. An IAS officer has been arrested in Jharkhand's Khunti district on the charge of sexually harassing a trainee IIT student during a dinner party last week, according to the police. The officer, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Khunti, Syed Riaz Ahmed, was remanded by a local court to judicial custody for 14 days. Eight engineering students of an IIT, including the woman, came to Khunti from outside the state for training.
Officer remanded for 14 days judicial custody
Initially, the student filed an FIR against the IAS officer of the 2019 batch. Following the FIR a case was registered against the officer under IPC sections 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
The police took the SDM into custody on Monday night after the student lodged an FIR at the women's police station. The officer was arrested during the day after another charge under IPC Section 354 (assaulting or using criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) was added. It is a non-bailable offence.
The students attended a dinner hosted at the Deputy Development Commissioner's residence on Saturday. At the party, liquor was served to the guests, including the students, he said. According to the allegations, when the SDM found her alone, he allegedly sexually harassed her there, she told the police in a statement. The police prima facie found the allegation to be true after Ahmed and some guests who attended the party were questioned, the SP said. An investigation is underway.
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