Lucknow: Junior doctor booked for ‘raping’ woman colleague, university suspends him | Lucknow News
A 26-year-old junior resident doctor of a medical university in Lucknow has been booked for allegedly raping a fellow woman doctor on the pretext of marriage, said police. The woman, also a junior resident, who belongs to a different community, is the complainant in the case. The university suspended the accused doctor on Tuesday. According to police, the accused and the victim knew each other and lived in separate hostels on the university campus. Police said it has been alleged that the accused misled the woman by promising marriage, following which she was raped. University officials said the woman subsequently slipped into depression and allegedly overdosed on medication, after which she was admitted to a hospital for treatment. She has since been discharged and is staying with her family. “The case has been registered under rape charges against the accused doctor based on a complaint referring to an incident that allegedly took place in September,” said the Station House Officer of the police station concerned. The officer added that the victim has been sent for …