Maha: Doctor arrested for allegedly molesting 12-year-old patient
The doctor has been arrested and charged under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and section 354 of IPC.
Shirdi: A doctor was arrested on Monday for allegedly molesting a 12-year-old girl at a hospital in Shirdi in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, police said.
The medical practitioner committed the offence in the early hours of September 19 when the girl was brought to the hospital with respiratory problems, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Somnath Wakchoure to PTI.
The doctor asked the patient's father to get some medicines and consequently harassed the patient in her father's absence.
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"He sent the child's father to get medicines and then molested the child. We arrested him today and have charged him under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and section 354 of IPC. He has been remanded in police custody for two days," Wakchoure added.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a senior doctor was arrested under the sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by the local police on account of allegedly molesting a 14-year old girl at his residence in Mumbai.
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