The Delhi Police have filed a supplementary charge-sheet against former TERI Director-General R. K. Pachauri in a molestation case filed by a former colleague. Mr. Pachauri is on bail in the case.
The charge-sheet was filed in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Chetna Singh at the Saket district courts. The supplementary investigation report states that “several incoming and outgoing SMS texts, e-mails, WhatsApp messages and phone calls were exchanged between the alleged accused and the complainant. The same is being submitted in the form of supplementary charge-sheet for further necessary judicial verdict.”
The police filed the report after the receipt of forensic examination report of these communications from the Directorate of Forensic Science in Gujarat.
Taking cognisance of the main charge-sheet last year, Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan had said there was sufficient material to proceed against Mr. Pachauri. The woman had filed a complaint against Mr. Pachauri in 2015
“There are several allegations against the accused that he made sexually-coloured remarks upon the complainant on several occasions, despite clear indication of disinterest and opposition from her side. He also sent inappropriate SMS texts, WhatsApp messages and e-mails to the complainant,” the Magistrate had said.
The police have cited 23 persons as prosecution witnesses. Mr. Pachauri had moved a Delhi court seeking anticipatory bail immediately after the woman filed the complaint. The court had initially restrained the police from arresting him. His counsel had then submitted before the court that the allegations against him were false. “In any court, the allegations have not been proved and they may not be correct.”
