AT-KABUL: A senior government official was detained on adultery charges in western Herat province, reports said Monday.
Khama Press quoted a number of sources as saying that the acting district chief of Shindand with the assistance of his bodyguards entered a house and sexually abused a woman there.
The acting district chief was reportedly drunk when he broke into the house and forcefully abused a woman.
The source also said that police has received assistance from local residents to arrest the district chief who is currently behind the bars.