Lucknow: RML surgeon booked for allegedly sexually assaulting MBBS intern

Published On 2021-08-01 05:15 GMT   |   Update On 2021-08-01 13:34 GMT
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Lucknow: A resident doctor attached to Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) has been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting an MBBS intern at the facility.

The medico lodged a complaint following which a case of illegal detention and sexual assault has been registered against the resident doctor working in the general surgery department of the institute.

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As per a recent media report, the intern has been identified as a 24-year-old MBBS student who doing her internship at the facility. In her complaint, the intern stated that she started working in the general surgery department on June 8 and the doctor's alleged inappropriate advances towards her became quite evident since the day she joined.
The alleged incident took place on Tuesday when she was serving at the OPD of the hospital . The intern claimed that the doctor locked the room in the old OPD and attempted to sexually assault her, but she managed to free herself and fled. After that, she registered a complaint against the accused at the nearest police station.
Narrating the incident, the victim told Times of India, " He used to pass comments at me. He used to call me on WhatsApp and sent messages. At around 12.30 pm on Tuesday, I was in room number 9 in old OPD when he locked the room and tried to misbehave with me. I somehow saved myself and fled and later narrated the incident to my mother."

A few days ago a similar incident had shocked Chandigarh GMCH where a doctor alleged that she was on duty in the anesthesia department and had to go to the storeroom in order to get some medical supplies. However, the accused OT technician allegedly forcibly grabbed her from behind, pulled her towards him and molested her.

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