Delhi Minor Rape Case: DCW Chief Swati Maliwal Writes To Amit Shah, Seeks Clearance To Meet Survivor

In the letter, Maliwal demanded that she should be allowed to meet the minor girl or her family.

DCW Chief Swati Maliwal. ( Image Source :PTI )

DCW chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday wrote a letter to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah about a Delhi govt officer accused of raping a minor girl. In the letter, Maliwal demanded that she should be allowed to meet the minor girl or her family, news agency ANI reported. 

She further demanded that the medical treatment of the girl should be done in AIIMS or a team from AIIMS should see her and an inquiry should be conducted on the delay in the arrest of the accused govt official by Delhi Police.

Swati Maliwal, Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women writes to Union Home Minister Amit Shah in that matter of a Delhi govt officer accused of raping a minor girl

In her letter, Mailwal demands that she should be allowed to meet the minor girl or her family, medical… pic.twitter.com/nRTinvlImL

— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2023

Since Monday, DCW Chief has been sitting on dharna at St Stephen's Hospital, where the minor girl allegedly raped by a Delhi government official has been admitted. Maliwal claimed that she was prevented from meeting the girl.

DCW @SwatiJaiHind is still sitting outside the Hospital to meet the rape victim.

She is not being allowed to meet by Delhi Police.

What are they hiding?

RT in support of Swati Maliwal. pic.twitter.com/FCLSl93j7u

— AAP Ka Mehta 🇮🇳 (@DaaruBaazMehta) August 22, 2023

However, a police officer stated that the girl's mother did not want to speak with anyone because the victim is still being monitored, PTI reported.

According to the Delhi Police, Premoday Khakha, a deputy director in the city government's women and child development department, raped the girl many times between November 2020 and January 2021. His wife is accused of giving the girl medication to end her pregnancy. On Monday, Khakha and his wife Seema Rani were apprehended.

On Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal directed the chief secretary to suspend the guilty official.

The officer is not entitled to leave the department headquarters without prior authorization throughout the suspension time, according to the ruling.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi, Rani was brought before a court on Monday and placed in judicial custody, while Khakha would appear in court on Tuesday.