Thane doctor arrested for allegedly raping mentally ill woman at clinic

Thane: In a shocking incident, a doctor was arrested for allegedly raping a 23-year-old mentally challenged woman at his clinic in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Monday.

The incident took place at the doctor’s clinic in the Badlapur West area on Sunday afternoon at around 2.30 pm, an official said.

The victim had stepped out of her house to buy some essentials at a shop near the doctor’s clinic when he allegedly lured her into the premises and raped her, assistant commissioner of Police (Ambernath zone) Suresh Varade said.

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“The woman knew the area very well, she often went out in the nearby market with her mother, and all regular shop owners also knew the girl very well,” an officer from Badlapur West police station informed HT.

When the woman did not return home, her family members went looking for her in the locality and found her footwear outside the doctor’s clinic, he said.

The family members entered the clinic and caught the doctor in the act and alerted the police, the official said.

The officer said, “When they enquired with the spices shop, the shopkeeper told them that she left. While searching for her, they found her slippers outside the doctor's clinic. When two of them went into the clinic, they found the accused in an inappropriate state with the victim. He was forcing himself on her, removing her clothes. The mother of the woman shouted when she found her daughter crying in front of the doctor.”

Based on the complaint lodged by the victim’s sister, a case under section 376 (rape) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was registered, he added.

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