A Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) of Mumbai Police was booked for allegedly sexually assaulting the wife of his friend, a police constable, in Nagpur district of Maharashtra, an official said on Sunday, reported the PTI.

A case was registered at Kondhali police station against the sub-inspector under sections about sexual assault of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He is attached to the Vinoba Bhave Nagar police station in Mumbai, according to the PTI.

According to police, the victim and her husband are residents of Gadchiroli.