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Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal sat on a dharna at the hospital after she was stopped from meeting the minor who was raped by a senior Delhi government official. The accused was arrested on Monday.

Maliwal slammed Delhi Police for stopping her to meet the victim and her mother and called it 'hooliganism', asking if the NCPCR chairperson can meet the mother, why is the DCW chief not being allowed for the same?

"Delhi Police is indulging in hooliganism. They are neither allowing me to meet the girl nor her mother. I can't understand what do the Delhi Police want to hide from me. I am being told that the NCPCR chairperson was allowed to meet the girl's mother. When the NCPCR chairperson can meet the mother, why is the DCW chief not being allowed for the same?," asked the DCW chief.

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Meanwhile, the senior government official has been booked under POCSO Act for allegedly raping his deceased friend's minor daughter for several months, resulting in her pregnancy. The accused is a Deputy Director of the Women and Child Development (WCD) Department of the Delhi government.

Following the incident, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday ordered the suspension of a Delhi government official and sought a report from his Chief Secretary.

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The Burari police station registered a First Information Report (FIR) against the official under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on August 13.

According to Delhi Police, the Delhi government official allegedly sexually harassed, physically molested and repeatedly raped the minor victim for several months between 2020 and 2021.

The minor also revealed that she got pregnant and was forced to abort her pregnancy by the wife of the accused, Delhi Police said.

The police also informed that the girl had started living with the accused in Burari from October 2020 to February 2021, following the death of her father.

(With inputs from agency)