New Delhi: An Indian Engineering Services (IES) officer has been arrested for sexually assaulting and stalking a Jawaharlal Nehru University student, police said on Tuesday.
Rakesh Meena, 26, was arrested on Monday night from Said-ul-Ajaib area in south Delhi after the victim registered a complaint against, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Chinmoy Biswal told IANS.
Meena is employed as an Assistant Executive Engineer with the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways.
The victim, 22, a resident of south Delhi, said in her complaint that the accused had been stalking and sexually assaulting her since 2012 when she was a minor and had also threatened to kill her, police said.
As the incident began when the victim was minor, Meena has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for criminal intimidation, stalking and sexual assault, Biswal added.
