Thane doctor arrested for allegedly raping mentally ill woman at clinic
Doctor arrested
Thane: In a shocking incident, a doctor was arrested for allegedly raping a 23-year-old mentally challenged woman at his clinic in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Monday.
The incident took place at the doctor’s clinic in the Badlapur West area on Sunday afternoon at around 2.30 pm, an official said.
The victim had stepped out of her house to buy some essentials at a shop near the doctor’s clinic when he allegedly lured her into the premises and raped her, assistant commissioner of Police (Ambernath zone) Suresh Varade said.
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“The woman knew the area very well, she often went out in the nearby market with her mother, and all regular shop owners also knew the girl very well,” an officer from Badlapur West police station informed HT.
When the woman did not return home, her family members went looking for her in the locality and found her footwear outside the doctor’s clinic, he said.
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