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Criminal case against Jaipur’s Chokhi Dhani resort over harassment of minor dancer

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Mar 24, 2017 02:26 PM IST

The DCW chairperson during a personal visit to the Chokhi Dhani resort on Tonk Road earlier this month noticed a 13-year-old girl being harassed by some visitors during the evening show.

Acting on a complaint of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal, Rajasthan police filed a criminal case against a resort in Jaipur for alleged harassment of a minor girl during a dance performance.

The Delhi Commission for Women chairperson noticed a 13-year-old girl being harassed by some visitors during the evening show at Chokhi Dhani resort.(HT photo for representation)
The Delhi Commission for Women chairperson noticed a 13-year-old girl being harassed by some visitors during the evening show at Chokhi Dhani resort.(HT photo for representation)

The FIR was lodged on a complaint by the DCW chairperson who, during a personal visit to the Chokhi Dhani resort on Tonk Road earlier this month, had noticed the 13-year-old girl being “harassed” by some visitors during the evening show.

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The resort officials, however, said they hold dance performances to showcase the cultural heritage of the state and do not entertain such episodes.

“Maliwal was on her personal visit to the resort and noticed the alleged inappropriate behaviour of some tourists with the girl. She wrote a letter to DGP (Director general of Police) Manoj Bhatt following which the FIR was registered yesterday,” station house officer of Sanganer Sadar police station Dharmveer Singh said on Friday.

“In the complaint, she said the girl was surrounded by male tourists who were showering currency notes and inappropriately touching her while she was dancing,” the SHO said.

The case was lodged against the resort administration under IPC sections 354 (assault with intent to outrage modesty), 374 (unlawful compulsory labour) besides relevant sections of the Juvenile Justice Act and the POCSO Act.

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