Joint Commissioner Bharti Arora has accused her boss, Commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk, of framing a family in a rape case and harassing her for pointing it out.
Open warfare has started between two senior officers of the Haryana police. Joint Commissioner Bharti Arora has accused her boss, Commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk, of framing a family in a rape case and harassing her for pointing it out. She has complained to the Director General of Police YP Singhal, demanding a probe into the matter by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Mr Virk, who has denied the charges, has accused Ms Arora of shielding the accused because of "vested interest" in the case.
The case involves Ajay Bhardwaj, an executive with a multinational corporation and the son of Gurgaon's former deputy commissioner RP Bhardwaj. He has been accused of rape by his live-in partner, with whom he reportedly has two children.
Ms Arora said after she started investigation in August, she found Mr Bhardwaj had been falsely implicated and the woman had earlier accused two other men of rape.
But when the woman approached Mr Virk, he took up the case and after investigation, ordered the arrest of the whole family of Mr Bhardwaj. They have been charged with rape and criminal intimidation.
"I realised that the Commissioner of Police has falsely implicated an entire family in the case. I objected and told him this is wrong. Then he started torturing me mentally, threatened me and said, 'leave the case, otherwise you will suffer'," Ms Arora told media.
She added that the Police chief has been spying on her.
"Now I'm being treated like a criminal -- all because I have raised my voice against injustice. I am an officer with a clean record, clear conscience and I fear none. Let CBI probe the case to find the truth."
The open warfare, with the police actively approaching the media has raised questions about a rift within the force.
In Panchkula, state police chief Mr Singhal said he has received separate communications from both officers and the matter will be probed.