Chandigarh: A dental student has accused a doctor at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak of assaulting her, police said Monday.
Police said the accused was arrested after a case was registered.
The incident comes at a time when there is nationwide outrage over the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata.
Rohtak Police said that PGIMS authorities came to their notice on Saturday evening about an incident of assault on a BDS student at the PGIMS campus in Rohtak and acting promptly on the information, senior police officers reached the medical college and contacted the victim and her family.
In her complaint, the student alleged that on August 16, the accused abducted her from PGIMS and took her to Ambala and Chandigarh and tortured and beat her, police said.
Police said an FIR was registered and the accused was immediately arrested. The victim was medically examined and her statement was also recorded before a judicial magistrate, they said.
Rohtak police said that so far no evidence of sexual harassment has emerged from the girl’s statement or during the investigation.
The accused doctor teaches anatomy at the medical school.
In a video uploaded to social media, the victim showed signs of injuries from the alleged assault.
She claimed she was a first-year BDS student and alleged that she was tortured by the defendants for seven months.
“He hits me and tortures me every time I tell him I don’t want to be with him. He threatens me that he won’t give me attendance in class and that he won’t let me take exams,” the student alleges in the video.
The accused is being questioned thoroughly and an investigation is being conducted taking into account all aspects of the case, Rohtak Deputy Superintendent of Police Virender Singh said in a statement.
He said the BDS student complained about the assault on Saturday night.
“The police team and senior officers of PGIMS immediately reached the spot. The matter was immediately taken cognizance of by the police and a case was registered against the accused,” he said.
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