TV channel staffer held on rape charge

New Delhi: A woman, working as a clerk in a television news channel in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh, accused her senior of allegedly raping her on multiple occasions, following which he was arrested, police said on Monday.

The woman approached police with a complaint on November 29, they said. Based on the complaint filed by the victim at the Punjabi Bagh Police Station, the man, who is currently under judicial custody, was arrested in connection with the incident last week, police said.

The man used to head the department in which the victim was employed and would behave rudely with her and rebuke her, they said. She alleged that he would also "touch her inappropriately" and even sent her obscene messages, they said.