New Delhi :
Controversial Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh was on Thursday booked for sexual harassment charges for allegedly harassing five women personnel of the force. Singh is one the run and Police teams have been dispatched to various places to nab him.
The sexual harassment committee of Punjab Police had summoned him to respond to the allegations levelled against him by five policewomen.
Singh, a Superintendent of Police rank officer, has been asked to appear on Friday before Inspector General Gurpreet Deo, who heads the committee.
Singh was summoned after the alleged victims, who deposed before the committee last month and submitted a signed statement listing their allegations, stood by their complaint. The policewomen posted at Gurdaspur police headquarters had accused Singh of harassing them, a charge rejected by him.
Earlier Singh mired in a controversy over the terrorist attack at Pathankot air base. He and two others were claimed to have been abducted by the Pakistani terrorists, who used their mobile phones to contact their families and handlers in that country. They had also snatched the vehicle Singh was travelling in.
