A Haryana Civil Providers (HCS) officer, Kulbhushan Bansal, has been arrested in Hisar after going through critical allegations of sexual exploitation leveled in opposition to him by a male Dalit employee.
Based on the media experiences, the accused officer was suspended by the state authorities earlier this week and is going through expenses of sexual assault and caste-based discrimination.
Based on the sufferer, Bansal sexually assaulted him at gunpoint whereas he was posted in Fatehabad in 2020. The sufferer, who presently works underneath the Haryana Kaushal Rojgar Nigam, additionally claimed that Bansal made casteist remarks in the course of the incidents.
The employee reported that when he resisted Bansal’s advances, the officer allegedly threatened him with a pistol, claiming that he can be killed or dismissed from his job if he didn’t comply along with his calls for.
Authorized Motion and Suspension
Following the submitting of the grievance, the sufferer’s assertion was recorded in courtroom, and the police initiated an investigation. On Saturday, Bansal was arrested after a raid on his residence, carried out by a crew led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sunil Kumar. His arrest got here after the state authorities suspended him on Thursday.
The sufferer had beforehand sought justice by lodging formal complaints with a number of authorities, together with the chairman of the Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes, senior officers of his division, and even the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket.
The person additionally despatched a video recording of the alleged assault to the chief justice and the state’s chief minister.
Based on the complainant, Bansal had helped him recruited as a peon on a contractual foundation with the general public well being division. The employee claims that he was initially sexually exploited by Bansal throughout his tenure in Fatehabad in 2020. When he resisted the officer’s advances, the officer reportedly used threats of violence to coerce him into compliance.
