The Haryana Police Saturday arrested Haryana Civil Companies (HCS) officer Kulbhushan Bansal in Hisar and produced him in court docket. The state authorities had already suspended him on Thursday after sexual assault allegations have been levelled in opposition to him by a male Dalit sweeper posted within the public well being division.
The sufferer’s assertion was recorded within the court docket on Friday, following which the police raided Bansal’s residence and he was positioned beneath arrest Saturday by a group led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sunil Kumar.
Earlier this week, the contractual employee who works as a sweeper within the public well being division had accused Bansal of sexually exploiting him at gunpoint.
The person, who’s now employed beneath the Haryana Kaushal Rojgar Nigam, additionally accused the officer of constructing casteist remarks. The alleged incidents occurred in Fatehabad when the officer was posted there.
In search of motion in opposition to the officer, the person had lodged a grievance with the chairman of the Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes, senior officers of his division, and likewise despatched a replica of his grievance annexed with a video of the alleged assault to the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket chief justice, and chief minister’s window.
In accordance with the complainant, the officer received him recruited as a peon on a contractual foundation. The person stated that he was first sexually exploited by the officer whereas he was posted in Fatehabad in 2020. “Once I refused to yield to his calls for, the officer threatened to kill me whereas exhibiting his pistol. He threatened to sack me from the job,” the person stated.
