Bhopal: AIIMS doctor held on molestation charge
TNN | Feb 26, 2020, 04.57 AM IST
BHOPAL: A senior resident doctor at AIIMS-Bhopal was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly molesting a medical student working as an intern there.
Anger over the incident swept through the campus and many medical students wrote about the alleged sexual misconduct of the doctor on their WhatsApp status.
According to the complaint, she and the accused went to the canteen for tea after their shifts ended at 3am on Monday. When they were waiting for a lift in the lobby, the doctor allegedly grabbed her hand, dragged her towards himself and molested her, investigation officer ASI Premchandra Dwivedi said.
She shouted in protest and relatives of some patients rushed to help her. At the same time, a senior woman doctor also arrived and the intern told her about the alleged molestation.
Then, she and two of her batchmates approached Bag Sewania police station and filed a complaint.
Policeregistered a molestation case against the accused, arrested him and produced him in court the same day. He was granted bail.
The woman has told police that the accused had been harassing her over phone for the past two days, but she ignored it.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
TNN | Feb 26, 2020, 04.57 AM IST
BHOPAL: A senior resident doctor at AIIMS-Bhopal was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly molesting a medical student working as an intern there.
Anger over the incident swept through the campus and many medical students wrote about the alleged sexual misconduct of the doctor on their WhatsApp status.
According to the complaint, she and the accused went to the canteen for tea after their shifts ended at 3am on Monday. When they were waiting for a lift in the lobby, the doctor allegedly grabbed her hand, dragged her towards himself and molested her, investigation officer ASI Premchandra Dwivedi said.
She shouted in protest and relatives of some patients rushed to help her. At the same time, a senior woman doctor also arrived and the intern told her about the alleged molestation.
Then, she and two of her batchmates approached Bag Sewania police station and filed a complaint.
Policeregistered a molestation case against the accused, arrested him and produced him in court the same day. He was granted bail.
The woman has told police that the accused had been harassing her over phone for the past two days, but she ignored it.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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