CID files Chargesheet Against Former Karbi Anglong SP Gaurav Upadhyay

STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI:

Chargesheet Against Ex Karbi Anglong SP: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) has filed a charge sheet against former Karbi Anglong SP Gaurav Upadhyay recently. Upadhyay has been charged under the Section 354/354(A) IPC and POCSO Act Section 10.

It is to be mentioned here that Gaurav Upadhyay, an Assam cadre IPS officer of the 2012 batch who took over as Karbi Anglong superintendent of police on January 22, 2019, allegedly sexually harassed the teenager in an inebriated condition inside his official bungalow during a New Year party in Diphu on December 31 night during a dinner at his official residence.

Further, the girl and her mother, who is a senior Assam Police Service (APS) officer, had lodged a complaint at the all-women police station at Panbazar in Guwahati on January 3, 2020 and a case (No. 5/2020) was registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012.

Currently Gaurav Upadhyay has been transferred as the SP of Chirang District.

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