Rohtak PGI Ophthalmology Professor arrested for lewd calls messages to PG medico, suspended

Based on the complaint, the police filed a case under Sections 67 (Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) and 67A (Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form) of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act-2008 and Sections 354-D (Stalking) and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC and arrested the professor on February 15, 2020.

He was produced before a local court which sent him to jail under judicial custody.

Deputy Superintendent of police (headquarters) Gorakhpal confirmed to TOI that a complaint was received against the accused on February 15 and he was arrested the same day. The medico had also submitted a complaint to the PGIMS management, apart from reporting the matter to the police.

TOI reports that after the arrest, the anti-sexual harassment committee of PGIMS conducted a probe and based on that, it placed the doctor under suspension.

On this, PGIMS Rohtak Director, Prof Dr Rohtas K Yadav, informed Tribune, "The complaint of the PG medico had been referred to the sexual harassment committee of the University of Health Sciences (UHS) which had indicted the professor. The report of the committee was presented before the UHS executive council which decided to place the professor under suspension."

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