Intern at Lucknow’s KGMU booked for sexually assaulting woman
The Lucknow police said an investigation into the sexual exploitation allegations is underway and that action will be initiated based on the evidence. They added that the accused would be summoned for questioning.
A week after a King George’s Medical University (KGMU) doctor faced an FIR of sexual exploitation promising marriage, an intern at the Lucknow institute has been booked after a nursing student levelled similar charges against him.
According to the Lucknow police, they lodged the case against the intern on charges of sexually assaulting the victim on the pretext of marriage for months and harassing her by threatening to circulate her photos on social media at the Qaiserbagh Police Station.
Vishwajeet Srivastava, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Lucknow, told The Indian Express that an investigation into the allegations is underway and that action will be initiated based on the evidence.
According to the complaint of the woman, who belongs to another district and is pursuing a nursing course at another institute in Lucknow, she got in touch with the KGMU intern, who also belongs to another district, through a common friend.
She alleged the accused befriended her, and later entered into a physical relationship, assuring him that he would marry her. However, she said the accused refused to marry her when she started asking to do so. He started issuing threats to circulate her intimate photos on social media, she alleged.
The Lucknow police said the victim’s statement would be recorded before the magistrate, and the accused would be summoned to the police station for questioning.
When contacted, KGMU spokesperson Dr K K Singh told The Indian Express the police have not informed the university administration about the case so far.
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Singh said that as the victim does not belong to this campus, the university administration will initiate action if the police officially send documents confirming the charges against the intern in the investigation.
Last week, a resident doctor was booked on charges of sexual exploitation of a colleague on the pretext of marriage, and forcing the victim to convert. The doctor has been suspended.
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