Delhi Officer Accused Of Raping Friend’s Teen Daughter Taken Into Custody

1. “The accused and his wife are being interrogated. Any other witnesses or accused will be made a part of the investigation”, DCP North District Sagar Singh Kalsi, said. The officer’s wife – who reportedly fed the child medication to terminate a pregnancy – has also been taken into custody and the statement of the young girl – who is receiving medical care – is being recorded, the police said.

2. The police’s move to take the accused Premoday Khakha, posted to the Delhi government’s Women and Child Development Department – into custody comes after criticism from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, which said the ‘failure to arrest the officer is the worst part of this case’.

3. “The officer committed a heinous act. His wife was also complicit… this is an incident that has shaken the society. Action should have been taken sooner… Delhi Police’s failure to arrest the officer is the worst part of this case. Everyone has daughters, and this is a very shameful act. The officer should be punished to the fullest extent of the law,” AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj said.

4. Earlier today the Chief Minister demanded Khakha be suspended from service and also sought a report from the Chief Secretary by 5 pm. The Delhi government has also demanded the sternest possible action against the accused and said it remains ‘sensitive regard to such serious matters of women’s safety and child abuse.

5. Premoday Khakha is accused of raping the minor daughter of his friend multiple times from October 2020 to February 2021. The young girl, then 14, became pregnant during this period and his wife allegedly gave her abortion pills while covering for her husband.

6. The accused met the young girl for the first time at a church and their paths crossed again in 2020 when she was mourning her father’s death. The girl was staying with Khakha at his home after her father’s death. According to the police, Khakha allegedly raped the girl on multiple occasions between November 2020 and January 2021.

7. The accused’s wife has also been charged with giving the girl medication to terminate her pregnancy. When the girl became pregnant, she told Khakha’s wife. The wife then asked her son to get medication to terminate the pregnancy and gave it to the girl.

8. The matter was brought to light when the girl, who is now in Class XII, narrated her ordeal to a counsellor at the hospital where she was admitted for an anxiety attack in August this year.

9. She was admitted to St Stephen’s Hospital, where she told a counsellor about the abuse she had experienced. The survivor returned home to her mother in January 2021.

10. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal termed the officer a “predator” and called for his immediate arrest. A furious Ms Maliwal posted on X (formerly Twitter), “… if the one whose job was to protect the daughters turns into a predator, then where will the girls go! Must be arrested soon!”

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