Following the alleged incident, the woman, who is an employee of a private firm lodged a complaint with the Bhiwandi taluka police station which has now booked the doctor under rape charges.
PTI reports that a case under section 376 (rape) was registered on February 24th and the police are investigating the case.
A manhunt has been launched for the accused who is absconding; a police official informed PTI.
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Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that a professor attached to the ophthalmology department at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak had been suspended by the University of Health Sciences (UHS) after he was arrested recently on the charges of sexual harassment.
The ophthalmology professor was recently nabbed by the police on the basis of the complaint filed by a female PG medical student who accused the doctor of harassment and threatening her of failing her in examinations.
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