3 UP Doctors booked for woman's gang rape

Basti: Three doctors of a hospital in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh have been booked for gang rape.

Police have registered a case of gang rape against three doctors of a hospital here, an official said.

A doctor posted at Kaili Hospital in Basti Sadar Kotwali befriended the girl from Lucknow on social media, Circle Officer (City) Alok Prasad said.

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As per the reports, a woman from Lucknow filed a complaint and alleged that three doctors gang-raped her after one of them befriended her on social media.

He asked the woman to visit him at his hospital on August 10. He then took her to his hostel room, where he and two colleagues allegedly raped her, Prasad said.

A case was registered at Sadar Kotwali on the instructions of Superintendent of Police Ashish Srivastava.

Circle Officer (CO) City, Alok Prasad, said that an FIR has been registered against two doctors posted at Kaili Hospital in Basti and their doctor friend in this connection to the complaint provided by the woman, reports free press journal.

The Basti police have registered an FIR under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376-D for gang rape, 504 for insulting, and 506 for criminal intimidation at Sadar police station, said police.

The police are further investigating the matter, and no arrests have been made in the case, yet it will be done as per the investigation findings.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a Bhopal-based doctor had filed a complaint against a man, alleging that the accused cheated her on the pretext of marriage. The 27-year-old doctor was in a physical relationship with the man Monil Kulpuria after they were at a family function around one and a half years ago.

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