Gaya (Bihar), Feb 27 (PTI) A POCSO court in Bihar's Gaya district on Tuesday remanded a Deputy Superintendent of Police level officer to 14 days of judicial custody in connection with the rape of a Dalit girl in 2001.

Kumar on Tuesday surrendered before the POCSO court judge Atishar Kumar.

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The court rejected his bail application and sent him to 14 days judicial custody.

Kumar was accused of raping the girl when he was posted in Gaya in 2001.

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A chargesheet has been filed by the police after completing the investigation.

His bail application was rejected by the high court.

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