An officer of Additional Director General of Police-rank posted at Uttarakhand Police Headquarters has been charged with serious allegations of assaulting a schoolboy and burning him with a cigarette.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Dehradun Sweta Choubey will be conducting a fair investigation into this matter.

"A complaint letter has also been submitted on behalf of the student and a senior police officer. SP of Dehradun city Sweta Choubey will probe the matter," State DG Law and Order Ashok Kumar told several news organisations.

As per the letter, the victim, who is a class 11 student, is a friend of the accused police officer's daughter. On Tuesday, the accused called the boy at Bindal Police Station and assaulted him and later burnt his right hand with a cigarette. The victim has further alleged that along with accused, four more policemen misbehaved with him.