Service Sex is Diggy's Headache

Author: Neeraj Mishra
Publication: India Today
Date: September 22, 2003

The inquiry ordered by National Women's Commission Chairperson Poornima Advani into the affidavit filed by a Madhya Pradesh schoolteacher accusing five IAS officers of exploiting her sexually for seven years is embarrassing for Chief Minister Digvijay Singh. The five officials in the dock are considered close to him. One of the officers is now an office bearer of the PCC having resigned from the services. Another was suspended by the Chief Election Commissioner for irregularities in the voters' lists but was saved by Digvijay's stout defence. The track records of the other three are equally sorry.

The affidavit may not be sufficient to implicate the officers but the public opinion and even peer opinion is set against them. A journalist, who allegedly ran the sex racket, has accused the teacher of playing into the hands of Digvijay's enemies and has filed a case accusing her of blackmail. But the schoolteacher, whose husband is on the staff of a cabinet minister, has more credibility than the officers involved.
 

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