Senior excise official accused of sexual exploitation

Bareilly, Aug 3 (UNI) A senior excise department official here has been accused of sexually exploiting a divorcee hailing from Jharkhand.

The victim Kiran Sinha met the Inspector General of Police (IG) Gurbachan Singh here today and narrated her woes to him.

Later, Mr Singh ordered the registration of a case against assistant excise commissioner (enforcement) Daroga Singh Yadav.

She claimed Yadav had engaged her as domestic help last year, but started to sexually exploit her.

When she became pregnant, he took her to a private hospital and forced her to undergo an abortion, she alleged.

Later, Yadav threw Kiran out of his house.

Meanwhile, a departmental probe is also underway against Yadav.

UNI