Delhi Police charge sheets R K Pachauri for sexual harassment

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police today filed a charge sheet in a court against TERI Executive Vice Chairman R K Pachauri for alleged sexual harrassment and outraging the modesty of a former woman collegue.

Pachauri has also been accused of stalking and criminally intimidating the victim with gesture or act intended to insult her modesty.

The charge sheet running into over 1400 pages was filed in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan who has fixed it for consideration on April 23.

Police has arrayed 23 prosecution witnesses, many of whom are present and former employees of The Energy Research Institute (TERI).

Pachauri has been accused of committing offences punishable under sections 354(assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354 A ( sexual harassment), 354 D (stalking), 506(criminal intimidation) and 509(word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC.