Karnataka: Doctor booked after COVID patient alleges sexual harassment
Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a doctor attached to Victoria Hospital has been booked under the charges of sexual harassment on the basis of a complaint filed by a COVID patient.
TOI reports about the alleged incident wherein in her complaint, the patient alleged that one of the doctors of the hospital sexually harassed her while touching her inappropriately on the night of July 25th. The woman identified as COVID positive and was receiving treatment in the Trauma Center of the hospital's COVID facility where the incident took place. Acting on the complaint of the patient, the VV Puram police have registered a case of sexual harassment against an unidentified doctor of the hospital.
The police confirmed that the investigation is still under process and the accusation has not been proved yet.
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