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

Rohtak: A professor attached to the ophthalmology department at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak has been suspended by the University of Health Sciences (UHS) after he was arrested recently on the charges of sexual harassment.
According to recent media reports, the ophthalmology professor was recently nabbed by the police on the basis of the complaint filed by a female PG medical student who accused the doctor of harassment and threatening her of failing her in examinations.
In her complaint, the medico stated that the doctor frequently used to call in an inebriated condition.
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"As I did not respond to his calls, he sent me two disappointing WhatsApp messages on the night of September 19, 2019. On the next day, I lodged a complaint with the PGIMS authorities following which he gave statements like 'how dare she lodge a complaint against me' and 'I will see how she passes (her exams)'," the complainant maintained in the FIR; quotes Tribune.
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