Government Leprosy Officer arrested
The Hindu
The city police on Saturday arrested Dakshina Kannada District Leprosy Officer Rathnakar on charges of sexually harassing some women staff working on contract basis in his office. The Women Police on
The city police on Saturday arrested Dakshina Kannada District Leprosy Officer Rathnakar on charges of sexually harassing some women staff working on contract basis in his office.
The Women Police on Friday registered the complaint by a woman activist against Dr. Rathnakar under Section 354 of IPC and questioned him.
Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar said on Saturday that Women Police took statements of three women employees who worked in his office. They told the police that the official took victims to places namely Kundapur, Murudeshwar, Madikeri and Periyapatna and sexually harassed them. In addition to to the three victims, the police on Saturday also took the statement of one of the member of the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Dakshina Kannada, that had inquired into allegation against Dr. Rathnakar.