UP: Hospital manager booked after receptionist claims rape, physical assault
According to police, the 36-year-old manager called the woman in his cabin on the pretext of clearing her pending salary.
Gorakhpur: A case has been registered against the manager of a private hospital for allegedly raping and thrashing a 23-year-old female colleague.
The incident took place when the woman, a receptionist at the same hospital, was pulling a night shift on Saturday.
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According to police, the 36-year-old manager called the woman in his cabin on the pretext of clearing her pending salary.
When she went inside, he gave her only Rs 500. The woman demanded her full salary, which he refused and immediately after that forced himself on her, they said.
He also thrashed her after she resisted the act and left her only after he saw a staff member coming towards his cabin in the CCTV camera footage installed there.
On Sunday, the woman narrated the entire incident to her family, who further informed the police. "On the complaint of the receptionist, a case of rape and voluntarily causing hurt has been registered against the hospital manager, and soon he will be arrested," SHO of Shahpur police station Randhir Mishra said.
Meanwhile, the woman has been sent for a medical check-up, he said.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that four people, including a Doctor, had been booked on the charges of the alleged death of a 22-year-old rape victim who underwent a forced abortion.
The main suspect had been taken into custody based on a complaint filed by the woman's uncle. The SP claimed that actions were being taken to arrest the remaining accused.
The woman passed away on August 12 while undergoing a forced abortion. The family also claimed that the woman left her house on August 12 under the pretext of visiting a cousin living in a neighbouring village.
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