New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that departmental enquiry has been initiated against seven policemen in connection with the December 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi.
Those policemen, who were manning the PCR van in the locality through which the bus had passed, have also come under the scanner of enquiry.
Appearing for Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Rajeeve Mehra told the bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath that "departmental enquiry has been initiated against as many as seven police personnel including staff of a PCR van who were on duty on December 16, 2012".
The senior law officer told the bench that communication was sent to police commissioner in this regard. The senior counsel also sought more time for government to act upon the recommendations of Justice Usha Mehra Commission, constituted to look into various issues relating to safety of women in Delhi....
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