Lady doctor who ‘showed apathy’ summoned by women’s panel

BULANDSHAHR: The National Commission for Women (NCW) team members have summoned the lady doctor who conducted the medical examination of the two robbery and rape

BULANDSHAHR: The National Commission for Women (NCW) team members have summoned the lady doctor who conducted the medical examination of the two robbery and rape survivors on July 30 at Bulandshahr hospital.

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“It was told to us by the woman and her daughter that the doctor did not want to examine them and had allegedly said that such fake cases come often. We have summoned the doctor within three days and also asked her to file her reply into the allegation,” said Rekha Sharma, member NCW.

She added that the three-member team sent by NCW to meet the victim family and women found that the provisions of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) were not mentioned in the FIR.

“The FIR should have mentioned POCSO provisions and even the gang rape charges. But only section 376 of IPC was imposed and not the normal 376D section for gangrape. We will raise the issue in our report which will be submitted to the NCW chairperson in a couple of days,” Sharma said.