HYDERABAD: The case against trainee IPS officer accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a fellow probationer at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) intensified on Wednesday, with police adding rape and attempt-to-murder charges. He was earlier arrested and sent to 14-day judicial remand.The arrest comes 11 days after a 30-year-old woman IPS trainee lodged a complaint accusing the 33-year-old officer of sexual misconduct, threatening her with a knife and violating privacy.Based on the complainant’s statement, Attapur police added charges under sections 64(1) (rape) and 109 (attempt to murder), read with section 63(b)(iii), to the case.
A Relationship Gone Sour
The accused officer had already been booked under various provisions relating to outraging modesty, stalking, sexual harassment, voyeurism, physical assault and criminal intimidation.Strangulation marks found on IPS complainant’s neckThe sexual harassment case involving an IPS trainee took another turn with the police adding rape and attempt to murder charges against the accused.Police took the accused into custody near Aramgarh crossroads on Tuesday night.He was shifted to Osmania General Hospital for medical examination before being produced before the XXV additional judicial magistrate of first class in Rajendranagar on Wednesday.After hearing submissions from the defence opposing judicial remand and counter-arguments from the prosecution, the court remanded him to 14 days of judicial custody. He is being shifted to Chanchalguda central prison.Investigators said the complainant’s allegations received prima facie support during her medical examination, which reportedly revealed strangulation marks on her neck and an abrasion on her shin.According to an official statement issued by Rajendranagar DCP S Srinivas, the accused came into contact with the woman officer through Instagram in mid-2025 after she responded to a post on his journey to securing a place in the IPS.“The accused and victim had entered into a relationship. Throughout his training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy Of Administration and SVPNPA, the relationship was marked by arguments, emotional manipulation, and volatile behaviour from the accused. He repeatedly threatened that he will take his own life, displayed weapons, insulted her, made persistent demands for multiple relationships, and engaged in acts of harassment, including damaging her laptop,” the DCP said in the statement.Police said the woman later ended the relationship and married another person due to his alleged behaviour.
