J&K: Senior Doctor at GMC Suspended for Allegedly Molesting Student
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Government placed a senior doctor of the Government Medical College and Hospital under suspension a week after he was booked for allegedly molesting a girl, a final year MBBS student.
"Sanction is hereby accorded to the placement of Dr Bhupesh Khajuria, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Jammu under suspension with immediate effect", a government order read.
The order said that the doctor will remain attached in the Directorate of Health Service, Jammu, during the period.
The doctor who was the Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine, was booked on December 27 last following a written complaint by the girl, a final year student of MBBS.
She had alleged that the doctor called her to his room for discussing the result of her examination and after sometime, he tried to molest her.
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