Last update:09 November 2024, 18:54 IST

Male worker accused officer of making chaste remarks and exploiting him for six months

The officer, who was working as Hansi sub-divisional magistrate, was suspended on Thursday. (Image for representation: PTI)

Haryana civil services officer Kulbhushan Bansal was arrested on Saturday following a complaint by a Dalit contract labourer, who accused him of sexually exploiting him at gunpoint.

Hisar Additional Inspector of Police Rajesh Kumar Mohan said Bansal has been sent to one-day remand.

Bansal’s arrest came after a Dalit worker posted to Haryana’s public health department filed a complaint against him.

The worker accused the officer of making chaste remarks and exploited him for six months.

Bansal was booked under sections 377 (unnatural offences) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The case was registered under the IPC as the incident had taken place six months ago.

The officer, who was working as Hansi sub-divisional magistrate, was suspended on Thursday.

The complainant alleged that the HCS officer employed him as a laborer on contract.

“He used to call me for massage at his official residence. When he started doing wrong things, I refused several times, but he used to carry a gun and threaten to fire me.

“Later, we shot a video of this exploitation as proof. I stopped going there, deciding to either die or file a complaint against him. I am a heart patient,” the worker claimed.

According to the complaint, Bansal gave massages in the driver’s room of his official residence.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)