13th August 2023, Mumbai: The accused was an employee in the public health engineering department in Rajasthan and an executive engineer in the department has been accused of protecting him and tampering with the pieces of evidence pertaining to the rape case.
An employee of Health Engineering Department
An employee of the public health engineering department has been accused of raping a minor girl in Rajasthan’s Karauli district on Saturday. Relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act along with other sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against him.
Reportedly the accused have been identified as Sunil Kumar who has been suspended from his post as a senior assistant to an executive engineer in the department with immediate effect after the incident surfaced.
The Incident occurred in the Todabhim town of Karauli district. And the Police reportedly said, “We are further looking into the case.”
According to the reports, Kirodi Lal Meena, an executive engineer in PHED has been accused of protecting Sunil Kumar and tampering with the pieces of evidence regarding this case and allegedly misleading the investigation.
The reports said that the departmental order mentioned disciplinary action to be taken against Sunil Kumar in connection with this incident along with his suspension from the post.
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
According to officials, the accused government employee has been identified as Sunil Kumar Jangid, and a case under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and other relevant sections of IPC has been registered against him.
The accused is posted as a senior assistant to an executive engineer in the department and has been suspended from his post with immediate effect after the Incident came to light, they said.
“We are further looking into the case,” police added.
Accused has been suspended
Sunil, the accused has been suspended from the post with immediate effect, and disciplinary action has also been proposed against him in connection to the incident, according to a departmental order.
Kirodi Lal Meena, who was an executive engineer in PHED is also accused of protecting the accused and tampering with the evidence and misleading the investigation into the case, the department officials said.
By ASC Priya