May 21, 2012: Pune cop booked for molestation

TNN | May 21, 2012, 02.15AM IST

PUNE: The Lonavla city police on Sunday booked a head constable attached to the police training school in Khandala for allegedly molesting a trainee police recruit.

The incident took place on the premises of the police training school on Saturday around 11.30 am. Vitthal Dashrath Raut has been booked under section 354 (354 - Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code.

According the complaint, the suspect Raut allegedly molested the victim, while she was in a room at the police training school. Following the incident, the victim approached the principal of the police training school and made the complaint against Raut. The principal recorded the statement of Raut as well as the victim and decided to file a complaint against Raut.

Police sub-inspector B B Edge of the Lonavla city police station said that the Lonavla city police station received the letter from the police training school on Sunday. "We have registered the case against Raut and booked him. We have not yet arrested him. We are investigating further," Edge said.
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