Safdarjung Hospital Surgeon arrested for allegedly raping, blackmailing Pharma MR

New Delhi: A surgeon associated with Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital has been arrested after a female pharma medical representative (MR) accused him of rape and blackmail.

Based on the complaint of the woman the police registered a case of rape, causing hurt by means of poison and death threat and arrested the accused doctor. The doctor was presented before court on Monday from where he has been sent to judicial custody. The police have seized two mobile phones of the doctor, which will be sent for forensic examination.

According to the Southwest District Police officials, the victim is posted as a field sales manager with a popular pharmaceutical company. She would go to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital to inform the doctors about the company's medicines. It was during the course of her work that she came in contact with the accused doctor, general surgeon pursuing Mch at the hospital

The doctor and the MR became friendly and she even introduced the doctor to her husband she stated in her complaint. She further added that the doctor promised her to help her with getting a government job and offered to teach her.