2 Doctors robbed at Gunpoint by pretending patients
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PUNE: In two separate cases, two medical practitioners became victim of robberies done by people, who came in contact with them pretending to be patients.
Both the incidents have been reported from Chakan, about 35km from Pune and were separated by a week's time. TOI reports that in one incident, a female medical practitioner was rendered unconscious by a " patient" who had come to the hospital, who then robbed her of her gold ornaments worth Rs 73,000. In her police complaint, she stated the the incident took place in her clinic where she was alone, when one "patient" came to her with a complaint of mouth ulcers While she began checking him, the person took out his handkerchief. Within seconds, she was rendered semi-unconscious. When she gained conciousness about 10 minutes later, she realized that she had been robbed of all her ornaments .The police registered the offence under section 379 (theft) and 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) of the Indian Penal Code adds the daily.
Both the incidents have been reported from Chakan, about 35km from Pune and were separated by a week's time. TOI reports that in one incident, a female medical practitioner was rendered unconscious by a " patient" who had come to the hospital, who then robbed her of her gold ornaments worth Rs 73,000. In her police complaint, she stated the the incident took place in her clinic where she was alone, when one "patient" came to her with a complaint of mouth ulcers While she began checking him, the person took out his handkerchief. Within seconds, she was rendered semi-unconscious. When she gained conciousness about 10 minutes later, she realized that she had been robbed of all her ornaments .The police registered the offence under section 379 (theft) and 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) of the Indian Penal Code adds the daily.
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