New Delhi, June 23 -- An Assam-based Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Gaurav Upadhyay, has been accused of molesting a minor. A special court in Assam recently ordered the framing of charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and other sections of the IPC against Upadhyay in the six-year-old case.

The incident, involving a 14-year-old girl, took place in December 2019, news agency PTI reported. A police case was registered in January 2020.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probed the case and submitted its chargesheet against the IPS officer subsequently.

In its order, the special court said that there were "two incidents of sexual assault on the survivor" by the accused, who was the superin...