Silchar psychiatrist booked for outraging modesty of women
Doctor booked
Silchar: After a ‘Me Too’ movement stirred up on social media, a psychiatrist at Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) has been booked for allegedly sending objectionable and derogatory text messages to girls on social media.
The city police registered an FIR against the doctor after complaints were filed about him texting demeaning, objectifying messages and making indecent proposals to young girls and women. The text messages were leaked on social media which caused controversy.
In addition, complaints requiting the doctor's suspension have been submitted to SMCH principal Dr Bhaskar Gupta on Tuesday and the Directorate of Medical Education, Assam (via email) on Wednesday.
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According to multiple media reports, the physiatrist messaged several women and also teenage girls from 17-year-old girls to those in their 30s and 40s. He was accused of making indecent proposals to them which outraged their modesty.
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