Delhi Police Arrests Sub Inspector for Molesting Five Women Including Minor

The police in Delhi on Monday said that a 35-year-old sub-inspector, posted with the Special Cell, was arrested for molesting four women and a minor in Dwarka between October 17 and October 20, PTI reported.

Sub-inspector Puneet Grewal, a resident of Janakpuri area, was arrested on Saturday and is in judicial custody. The police said one of the women has refused to register a complaint, but four separate first information reports under Sections 354 (molestation), 354-D (stalking) and Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act have been filed against the police officer, according to The Indian Express.

“The arrest was made on Saturday evening after police found concrete evidence against him,” a senior police officer told the newspaper. “He was produced before a Delhi court and sent to judicial custody for 14 days. We will now move an application in court on Monday for a test identification parade, and are also going to record statements of all victims under Code of Criminal Procedure Section 164. We have also written to his seniors, asking them to dismiss him from service.”