Mumbai dentist booked for abetting 17-year-old girl's suicide

Mumbai: A dentist in the Malad suburb of Mumbai was booked for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl and abetting her suicide. The girl ended her life by allegedly hanging herself at the clinic.

Police have filed a case against a dentist for alleged rape and abetment of suicide in connection with the death of a teenage girl, whose body was found in his clinic in the Mumbai suburb of Malad, an official said on Thursday. 

The incident took place on December 28 at the clinic where the girl was working, the official said.

The girl was found hanging at the medical facility run by the dentist. After being alerted, a team of the Kurar Police Station rushed to the spot and sent the body to a civic-run hospital for post-mortem examination, he said.

As per a media report in Mid Day, Sources said that the girl's mental condition had deteriorated which likely pushed her to resort to such a grave measure.

Based on her complaint, the police have registered an offence against the doctor under IPC sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 376 (punishment for rape) and relevant provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act), he said.

A probe in the case was underway.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a woman doctor was allegedly harassed by her husband and in-laws by demanding Rs 20 lakh dowry to set up a clinic in Parli in Beed district of Maharashtra. The Navi Mumbai police registered an offence against a doctor and his family for allegedly harassing his wife, who is also a doctor.