Jalandhar, Oct. 11 -- Taking cognisance of the Phillaur station house officer (SHO) allegedly subjecting the mother of a minor rape victim to inappropriate behaviour, the Punjab State Women Commission has directed Jalandhar Rural senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harvinder Singh Virk to conduct a thorough inquiry into the matter.

After an audio clip of the alleged objectionable conversation between SHO Bhushan Kumar and the woman went viral, he was immediately transferred and suspended.

Women commission chairperson Raj Lali Gill has also summoned the SHO and the victim's family to appear before the commission on October 13. "Instead of taking action in accordance with the law in a case involving a minor rape victim, the SHO indulged...