Following a series of reports in this newspaper, Maharashtra Director General of Police Subodh Jaiswal directed the Navi Mumbai police to register a First Information Report against a deputy inspector general of police, Nishikant More under various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Indian Penal Code for allegedly molesting a minor girl.

While the DGP said it was 'normal procedure in such cases', what was certainly not normal was the inordinate delay in the registering of the FIR. Here are the facts: The alleged incident happened on June 5, according to the complainant. But the Navi Mumbai police did not take any action. In fact, they started investigating a property dispute between the father of the minor complainant, and the accused DIG. This, when the father readily told them there was a property dispute and was not even trying to hide that part.