After S.P.S. Rathore, the former Haryana Director General of Police and a convict of molesting a teenager, another such scandal involving a top Haryana cop has been exposed. The state police registered a case against former Inspector General of Police M.S. Ahlawat, for allegedly molesting and intimidating a woman lawyer eight years ago.
The victim, Arvinder Kaur, had made her first complaint against Ahlawat, who was a superintendent of police in 2002. But the police refused to register the case.
Tired of several visits to the police station, the victim staged a dharna in front of the office of the Haryana Director General of Police at Panchkula, near Chandigarh. The police finally bowed to her demands and registered a case on June 8.
Kaur, in her complaint, said she first met Ahlawat when she had gone to the police station in May 2002 to lodge a case of dowry harassment against her husband. She alleged that Ahlawat insisted on meeting her at his camp office and sought sexual favours. She immediately complained to several senior police officers, demanding strict action against the official. But then no case was registered.