New Delhi: A Delhi Police constable was allegedly caught masturbating in front of a female constable in the mess of a police training centre in Jharoda Kalan in south west Delhi.

The police said that the accused cop has been suspended and a departmental inquiry has been initiated against him. Police is also likely to register an FIR against him, sources said.

According to the police, the incident took place on Saturday night. The accused was reportedly drunk. He first allegedly touched two women constables inappropriately. The two women asked him to apologise, but he did not.

An hour later, he was caught masturbating in front of another woman constable in the mess of the training centre, the cops said. The constable reported him to senior police officials, after which action was taken against him.

There have been a series of such cases recently. The latest incident comes just two days after a 32-year-old man was arrested over allegations that he masturbated in front of a German woman in south-east Delhi's Greater Kailash.

A week ago, a 22-year-old woman had posted a video on social media of a man who masturbated in front of her and five other women while on a busy train in Mumbai.

Last month, a traveller on a Delhi-bound flight was arrested after he allegedly masturbated in front of a female passenger.