Doctor, ward boy of govt hosp booked for gangrape in Lucknow

According to the accused doctor, the woman had come to the hospital but she was referred to another medical facility. The doctor says that he never met the complainant thereafter.

LUCKNOW: A doctor and a ward boy, who work for a Mahanagar-based government hospital, were booked for gangrape on Tuesday. The police action comes after the alleged rape survivor filed a complaint stating that the accused duo raped her on April 30 when she had gone to the hospital for some treatment.

According to the complaint, the accused duo tranquilised the woman before raping her. (PIC FOR REPRESENTATION)

According to the complaint, the accused duo tranquilised the woman before raping her. “An FIR of gangrape under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 376-D and other appropriate charges have been registered at the Mahanagar police station against the doctor and the ward boy. Additional inspector Brij Raj Yadav of the Mahanagar police station has been handed over the investigation of the case,” said SM Qasim Abidi, Lucknow’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North.

Police have said that arrests in the case will be made after the accused are interrogated. Meanwhile, the doctor has scrapped the rape charge and pleaded innocence, said DCP Abidi. According to the accused doctor, the woman had come to the hospital but she was referred to another medical facility. The doctor says that he never met the complainant thereafter.