IRS officer arrested for stalking, attempting to sexually abuse woman IAS officer

NEW DELHI: Police have arrested an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer for allegedly stalking and attempting to sexually a woman Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. The Delhi Police arrested the IRS officer on the complaint lodged by the IAS officer.

The police registered a case under Sections 354D (stalking), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC against the arrested officer.

In her complaint, the IAS officer alleged that the accused came into contact with her on April 2020 while she was working as Resident Commissioner in Bihar during the Covid 19 crisis.

“The accused during the course of work tried to get closer to me which initially I avoided taking into consideration the dignity of the office which I was holding and I tried to snub him to mend his ways. However, he kept on trying to get closer to me. I again tried to avoid his advances but he didn’t mend his ways and I found no other way informed my husband,” the IAS officer stated in her complaint.

The complainant further claimed that her husband also confronted the accused and warned him of legal recourse if he did not mend his ways. According to the complainant, the accused allegedly continued to harass and stalk her and also visited her victim’s office premises in Bihar Bhawan.