Bijnor (UP), A doctor running a private hospital in the district has been accused of raping a Dalit woman employee on the pretext of marriage and forcing her to have an abortion, police said on Saturday.
Dhampur Station House Officer (SHO) Mridul Kumar said that a case was registered on June 2 based on a complaint from a woman living in a village in the area.
Citing the complaint, he stated that the accused belongs to another community and is already married. He said that according to the allegations made in the complaint, he had physical relations with the woman while she was working at the hospital. He said that the doctor running the hospital allegedly had physical relations with her and when the victim became pregnant, he allegedly pressured her to have an abortion. The SHO said that the matter is being investigated.
Meanwhile, local BJP MLA Om Kumar met the victim on Saturday and alleged that it was a case of gang rape. Speaking to reporters, the MLA claimed that the woman was pressured to convert her religion and eat prohibited meat.
Expressing dissatisfaction with the initial police action, the MLA alleged that the police neither invoked the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act nor accepted the initial application from the victim’s family.
He said the Superintendent of Police has assured him of strict and thorough action in the case.
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Courtesy : Hindi News