Ludhiana, July 25 -- The station of officer of Sudhar police station has been booked on a rape complaint filed by a woman inspector deputed in Ludhiana, who alleged that he sexually assaulted her in November 2023 after serving her an intoxicant-laced cold drink. The accused, sub-inspector Sahibmeet Singh, was suspended after an FIR was registered at the Mullanpur Dakha police station on Thursday night.

Senior superintendent of police (Ludhiana Rural) Ankur Gupta confirmed the registration of the FIR. "The accused has been suspended and a probe is on. The FIR has been registered under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code," the SP said.

According to the complaint, the woman inspector and Sahibmeet S...