Mumbai, September 7: In a shocking incident, a Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax was arrested on Thursday for raping his minor domestic help. According to a Times of India report, the officer booked under POCSO Act was remanded in police custody till September 10. The incident allegedly took place in February 2017, and the victim approached police last month to file a complaint. At the time of the assault, the help used to stay in the servant's quarter of the accused.

The man is currently embroiled in a legal battle with his wife, as both of them are fighting for a divorce case. They have a one-and-a-half-year-old child and they stay separately. Mumbai: Man Rapes Woman He Met on Dating Site, Clicks Nude Pictures & Makes Videos of Sexual Assault.

The police have booked the officer under section 8 (punishment for sexual assault) and Section 12 ((punishment for sexual harassment) of the POCSO Act, which gives a maximum punishment of three years in jail.

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