DCW chief molestation case: Accused Harish Chandra sent to judicial custody for 14 days
New Delhi, January 19: Delhi court sent Harish Chandra, the man accused of molesting and dragging the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chief Swati Maliwal, to 14-day judicial custody on Thursday.
On Thursday, the Delhi Police arrested Chandra, 47, and his car was seized. The Delhi Police had previously stated that DCW chief Swati Maliwal claimed she was "molested" and "dragged by a car" for several metres near AIIMS in the national capital during the early hours of Thursday.
Maliwal was with her team outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here at around 2.45 a.m. when the arrested accused, Harish Chandra, a resident of Sangam Vihar area, appeared to be inebriated and approached her, according to DCP South Chandan Chowdhary.
In her police report, the DCW chief claimed that a man driving a white car stopped near where she was standing and "made indecent gestures" at her.
According to Maliwal, he then gestured for her to sit inside his vehicle.
When she reprimanded him, he allegedly left but returned a short time later and repeated his actions, according to police.
She was with her team at Gate 2 of the AIIMS, which is located in the Kotla Police Station area.
According to Maliwal's complaint, while she was standing on the sidewalk, a white vehicle approached her, and the driver offered her a ride and began insisting that she sit inside the vehicle.
"When she refused again and went near the driver's side window to reprimand him the man rolled up the car's glass window and her hand got stuck and she got dragged for about 10-15 metres," the DCP Chowdhary said.
According to a police official, a PCR call was received around 3.12 a.m., and a police team led by ACP Hauz Khas arrived at the scene around 3.20 a.m., where the accused was apprehended.
- ANI
