Premoday Khakha

Some Lesser Known Facts About Premoday Khakha

• Premoday Khakha is a former Delhi government official. He was arrested by Delhi Police in August 2023 on charges of sexually assaulting a minor, who happened to be his deceased friend’s daughter.

• Premoday hails from Ranchi, Jharkhand.

  

• He served as the Medical Social Service Officer of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) from October 1996 to October 1998.

• He joined the Government of Delhi’s Department of Women and Child Development as the Welfare Officer/ Probation Officer in October 1998 and served in the position till November 2010.

• Premoday served as the Superintendent/ Head of the Office of Juvenile Justice Board, Delhi, under the Department of Women and Child Development from February 2011 to August 2011.

• He was appointed as the Assistant Director of the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) in August 2011.

  

• He became the Child Development Project Officer of the Department of Women and Child Development office (North), Gulabi Bagh, Delhi, in March 2017.

• In August 2017, Khakha was appointed as the Superintendent/ Person-in-Charge of the Juvenile Justice Board – I & III and Observation Home for Boys-II at Sewa Kutir Complex in Kingsway Camp, Delhi.

• He became the Assistant Director of Litigation and ICDS in October 2019 and an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Government of Delhi in March 2022.

• Khakha was suspended from the post of the Assistant Director of the Department of Women and Child Development on 21 August 2023 for raping a 17-year-old girl under his guardianship. ^[5]Hindustan Times

• Following the arrest of Khakha in the rape case, there were many questions about how he was appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Minister of Women and Child Development. On 21 August 2023, Virendraa Sachdeva, the president of Delhi BJP, took to X and stated that Khakha was the favourite officer of Arvind Kejriwal, who personally chose him for the position of an OSD.