Kulbhushan Bansal, a Haryana Civil Services (HCS) officer, was arrested on Sunday following a complaint by a Dalit contract worker who complained of sexual exploitation at gunpoint. Rajesh Kumar Mohan, Additional Superintendent of Police, Hisar, 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 the Hansi sub-divisional magistrate, was suspended on Thursday.

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