Cops sit on case of DIG molesting 17-year-old

The father of a 17yearold molestation survivor has been forced to run from pillar to post since July this year trying to register a case against the alleged accused mdash a Deputy Inspector General DIG of Maharashtra PoliceThe incident is from June 5 this year when the teenager celebrated her 17th birthday and the officer in question is DIG Motor Transport Pune Nishikant More The father has a video of the incident which took place during his daughters birthday party at their residence Despite having approached the Director General of Police DGP Maharashtra and the Commissioner of Police CP Navi Mumbai in July the only response the father has got is enquiry is onAccording to the 45yearold father he and More became friends in 2016 when the latter was a Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP attached with Navi Mumbai police More called me saying we should celebrate my daughters birthday at our place in Taloja We agreed to meet at 9 pm More who came with his wife and son started having alcohol soon after reachingAfter cutting the cake each one of us was feeding a piece of it to my daughter Both my and Mores wife were shooting videos on their mobiles My son smeared cake on her entire face and More standing right next to my daughter scooped it up with his finger and licked it He repeated this several times It did not stop there mdash a piece of cake fell on her breast he collected that too and ate it My family was shocked my daughter could not grasp what just happened he saidMores wife angrily remarked Arre pura chaat lo na phir midday has copies of both videosI too asked him what he was doing but he said arre kuch nahin the father explained Mores wife later sent the video from her mobile to the father She supported us in the beginning But when she realised that we intend to file a case the family started threatening us he said Mores wife allegedly took the teenager to her place from June 15 to 22 and warned her that her parents would be jailed if they were to file a caseSurvivor depressedMy daughter has been suffering from depression ever since She doesnt eat well and was hospitalised twice She told me that More touched and kissed her in the past too but she was too scared to tell anyone the father saidThe survivors family was initially hesitant about filing a case as they were anxious about the repercussionsMore is a powerful person In addition we bought a plot on Goa highway in partnership with his and my wife listed as owners We split the R15 lakh cost in half We built a bungalow for which I paid R15 lakh while he paid Rs 4 lakh as he had promised to get my 23yearold son a job I let everything go but could not tolerate my daughter being treated like this I ceased all communication with him the father saidThe father claims that a fake case was filed by More against him and his wife at Kharghar police station in August Just because he is an officer the FIR was filed immediately While here I am with video evidence of my daughters molestation and nobody is ready to listen to me Since July they are only enquiring about it the father saidThe father first submitted a written complaint to DGP Maharashtra on July 12 and then to CP Navi Mumbai on July 18 Ashok Dudhe DCP Zone 2 Navi Mumbai who has been tasked with the probe told midday The enquiry is under processWhen contacted DIG More said Did you see that video Did you find anything wrong in that I didnt see anything wrong He was like my family A complainant can make any type of allegations they dont have any limits Let them do what they want to I am not going to give any explanation in this matterBrother warnedOn Friday morning when the victims 23yearold brother was on his way home from the gym he was accosted by two unknown men riding on a motorbike The duo told me that we have messed with the wrong person to withdraw all cases against the DIG and fled The spot was an isolated one They had already been waiting for me the survivors brother said The Taloja police have registered a noncognisible complaint against unknown peopleCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates