S-I arrested for harassing woman in Basti

Gorakhpur: Basti police on Monday arrested the police sub-inspector accused of sexual harassment of a woman and sent him to jail.
Sub inspector Deepak Singh, who had been already suspended, was earlier deployed at Sonupar police post under Kotwali police station of Basti district.
An FIR was registered against 11 named cops, including S-I Deepak Singh, two-three unidentified policemen and two revenue officials on Saturday evening.
The woman had complained that in March last year during lockdown, the S-I had stopped her scooter for not wearing a mask and took her mobile number.
Singh later started sending her objectionable messages, but when the woman turned down his overtures, he along with revenue department employees slapped various cases of land dispute on her family to harass her.
The woman and her family appealed to State Women’s Commission and chief minister Yogi Adityanath for justice. On Saturday, ADG Gorakhpur zone Akhil Kumar and divisional commissioner of Basti, Anil Kumar Rai met the woman in Basti after which an FIR was lodged at Kotwali police station on the same day.
The SP of Basti was transferred and Ashish Srivastav has taken charge.
FIR is lodged against 11 named policemen, including SI Deepak Singh, SI Rajan Singh, SI Abhishek Singh, constable Sanjai Kumar, woman constable Diksha Yadav, woman constable Neelam Singh, inspector Sheela Yadav, inspector Rampal Yadav, constable Alok Kumar, constable Pawan Kumar Kushwaha, constable Awdhesh Verma, two-three unidentified policemen and two revenue department employees Lekhpal Shalini Singh and Kanoongo Satish, police said.
The accused were booked under sections 323, 324, 211, 342, 504, 506, 354, 354 A, 354 B, 354 C, 354 D, 452, 120 B of IPC and Section 67 of IT Act, police said.
“The investigation is on and further action will be taken on the basis of probe report,” said SP Ashish Srivastav.