UP Surgeon allegedly sexually harasses 14-year-old girl, booked under POCSO
Doctor Booked
Muzaffarnagar: In a shocking incident, a surgeon of a private hospital here has been booked for allegedly sexually harassing a 14-year-old girl who was admitted for gallbladder stone removal surgery.
According to the police, the doctor is facing charges under sections of BNS for "assaulting or using criminal force against a woman" and the Pocso Act after an FIR was registered based on the complaints of the patient's mother.
In her police complaint, lodged on Wednesday, her mother alleged that the incident took place on August 17 at the health facility where she was admitted for surgery for the removal of gallbladder stones. She accused the surgeon of molesting her daughter when she was under treatment at the hospital.
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She alleged that the surgeon on the pretext of checking stitches post-surgery, lifted her clothes and started touching her private parts with the wrong intention. In suspicion of the doctor's act, her daughter called her parents inside the room.
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