Rajasthan judge suspended on sexual assault charges
The Hindu
Case registered under POCSO Act
A Special Judge, dealing with the Prevention of Corruption Act cases, in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur city has been suspended after a first information report was registered against him and two others on charges of sexually assaulting a minor boy. An Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officer was also suspended for allegedly threatening the 14-year-old.
The Rajasthan High Court issued orders late on Sunday night placing Jitendra Singh, who is of the District Judge cadre, under suspension with immediate effect pending preliminary enquiry and the contemplated departmental inquiry. The judge’s headquarter was shifted to Jaipur during the suspension period.
In a complaint lodged with the police, the boy’s mother alleged that Mr. Singh and two other persons had been sexually assaulting her son for the last one month after intoxicating him with a narcotic substance. The judge and the two other accused had threatened the boy of implicating his family in false cases if he spoke about the assault to anyone, according to the complaint.
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