Justice to Senior Orthopedician: 5 arrested on account of attempting to Stain Reputation

Warangal: Bringing a sense of relief and justice to a senior orthopedician who faced an assault both physical and on his reputation, after a female patient alleged him is misbehaviour during medical exam, policy have now arrested 5 people in the matter

Medical Dialogues had recently reported about the assault on a senior orthopedician with accusations of misbehaviour and how the CCTV footage had come to prove his innocence.

The incident took place at the Balaji hospital, Warangal when a young female patient came with a complaint of backache and body pain. The senior orthopaedic surgeon was consulting the patient in the presence of his District Medical Officer (DMO) and three other female staffs and two other patient's were present.

The doctor, while addressing the problem of the patient, asked her to turn around. When he was about to examine her back, she pushed the hand of the doctor and started shouting.

The doctor, before he could give any reaction, one male patient in the OPD room, two others including the husband of the patient from outside the room, came inside the chamber and started shouting and abusing him.

The doctor clarified his side of the matter and informed that he was just examining the patient to provide proper treatment. He did not conduct anything offensive.

When the group of people started being harsh and continued with their verbal attacks, the police was immediately informed.

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The patient, however, alleged that the doctor was touching her inappropriately and filed a complaint in the local police.

The doctor too had approached the Matwada police to register a complaint against the attackers for defaming and insulting him. The complaint was registered under the IPC sections 385 (Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion), 448 (Punishment for house-trespass), 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation), and under the Andhra Pradesh Medical Protection Act.

The whole incident was captured in the CCTV camera which was provided to the police for further inquiry on the matter.

Based on the CCTV footage Matwada Inspector L Jeevan Reddy noted that the doctor did not misbehave with the patient and the complaint filed was a fake one.

During the investigation, it was found that a man from the Bank Colony, Warangal had hatched a plot to stain the reputation of the doctor as they were into personal enmity. To catch the doctor in his web, the man had hired people and had given them Rs 1.50 lakh to implicate him in a false case.

Two of the arrested people had confessed to the police that the man had assured to give them "Rs 5 lakh if the doctor was booked under the SC/ST Act", reports the Telangana Today.

It is reported that 5 of the 11 attackers have been taken into police custody while remaining 6 are still absconding