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Bhartiya No. 1 (Nationalist)     08 December 2010

IFS officer accused of sexual assault

Plz. got hru the news below,

 

IFS officer accused of s*xual assault

4 December 2010

A domestic help hailing from Jharkhand has accused a senior diplomat of s*xually assaulting her while he was posted in Kenya. She has approached the police seeking his arrest.
The woman has filed the complaint with Moti Nagar Police station in Delhi claiming that she was s*xually abused by Ketan Shukla, the then Deputy High Commissioner in Kenya. He was posted there between 2007 and 2010.

 

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N.K.Assumi (Advocate)     08 December 2010

No comments till the whole story is elaborately posted in the forum as on several occassion it is the female who can be faulted.

RAKHI BUDHIRAJA ADVOCATE (LAWYER AT BUDHIRAJA & ASSOCIATES SUPREME COURT OF INDIA)     16 December 2010

I'm keenly interested toprovide her the legal help.

Bhartiya No. 1 (Nationalist)     16 December 2010

 

Woman Accuses IFS Officer of Sexual Assault

 

A young domestic help hailing from Jharkhand has accused a senior Indian Foreign Service officer of s*xually assaulting her while he was posted in Kenya and approached the police seeking his arrest.

While the Ministry of External Affairs said it will look into the allegations, the Delhi Police tonight registered a case against Ketan Shukla, a 1986-batch IFS officer now posted in Ahmedabad, charging him with rape and criminal intimidation.

The 22-year-old woman hailing from Jharkhand alleged Shukla had s*xually assaulted her during their stay in Kenya where he was working at the Indian mission as its Deputy High Commissioner. Shukla, who was posted there between 2007 and 2010, has denied the allegations.

She charged that Shukla harassed her s*xually besides torturing her after taking her to Kenya. She also alleged she was threatened by him and her salary was not paid, sources said.

"I told them (National Commission for Women and the police) about what happened with me. They have promised me that they will take action," the victim said.

Denying the charge, the IFS officer said "we have treated her like our daughter. She was free to stay in the house. She used to cook her own food. She used to eat our food whenever she wanted".

Reacting to the allegations against the diplomat, the External Affairs Ministry said "the matter has just come to the Ministry's attention through media reports. It will be looked into with all the seriousness that it deserves.

"The Ministry has always thoroughly investigated every complaint against its officials and taken prompt and suitable action wherever required," MEA's official spokesman said.

Besides filing a complaint with the police, the woman had approached the National Commission for Women which have sought an Action Taken Report from the External Affairs Ministry and the Delhi Police on the allegations.

Girija Vyas, NCW Chairperson, said it was a "very serious matter" and based on the ATR, the Commission would initiate further action in accordance with law.

The victim approached the police after an NGO came to know about her "ordeal".

A police official said a case under sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code has been registered against Shukla.

"The medical examination of the woman will be conducted tomorrow as she has expressed inability to undergo the tests tonight," the police official said.

https://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?703628

 

Bhartiya No. 1 (Nationalist)     16 December 2010

MEA is enquiring into this matter.


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