Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has charged a former Ottawa police deputy chief with sexual assault over an incident that occurred while he was an inspector.
Uday Jaswal, who resigned in disgrace in 2022 amid many accusations of sexual harassment, is charged with a single count of sexual assault against one woman.
“Jaswal was arrested by members of the SIU today and subsequently released on several conditions, including not to communicate with the woman, not to go within 100 metres of the woman, not to possess a firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or explosive substance and to surrender those in his possession,” the police oversight agency said in a news release issued Tuesday.
The SIU said Ottawa police “notified the SIU of the incident on March 13, 2023, and the Unit launched an investigation.”
He is scheduled to appear in court on July 18.