Maha: Female Doctor alleges molestation by 2 colleagues, Police registers FIR
Pune: Based on the complaint filed by the 25-year-old female doctor, two of her colleague-doctors have reported to now have been booked by the police under the charges of molestation. All these doctors were a part of the medical team at the Jumbo COVID-19 facility in Pune.
In her complaint, the doctor alleged she was touched in an inappropriate manner on several occasions by the two doctors in the last few days, a Shivajinagar police station officer informed PTI. She accused them of repeatedly approaching and touching her inappropriately in the doctors' room and demanding sexual favours from her between September 21 and 25.
"A woman doctor approached us with a complaint that she was molested by two doctors on multiple occasions in the last few days. We have registered a case and our investigation is on," he said. A Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) official said the two accused doctors were hired by an agency which is managing the said facility.
According to the report by Mirror, two days ago, while the female doctor was on duty, the two accused allegedly verbally harassed her. Following this, she rushed to Shivajinagar police station and lodged a complaint. All three doctors are working at the jumbo facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients on behalf of a private company. Sources have told the daily that the doctor had been harassed over a period of 15 days.
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