A 19-year-old girl alleged she was sexually assaulted by a doctor in East Delhi’s Krishna Nagar area on Monday evening when she visited him for her medical checkup. The accused doctor is naturopathy practitioner and runs a clinic in the area was detained by the police.
According to police, the incident took place around 7 pm on Monday when the victim had visited the clinic. The accused doctor identified as Sushipal (44) runs a clinic in the area. Although police has detained the 44-year-old doctor in this connection for questioning, he has not been arrested yet. “We are investigating the case and once we reach a conclusion, necessary action will be taken,” said a police official. Quoting victim’s statement, the police said that she had been visiting the doctor for the past three days for some treatment along with her female friend. On Monday also she had come to his clinic. The doctor sent her friend out on the pretext of purchasing medicines and then sexually assaulted her. “The victim stated that she was under treatment for the regular stomach pains she had been suffering of late,” added the official.
Following the incident the victim left the clinic and met her friend who was returning. Both of them decided to approach police in the matter. A PCR call was made, following which a police team rushed to the spot and statements of the victim and her friend were taken. We also detained the doctor for questioning. We are verifying the allegations and investigating the case,” he said. A case has been registered.