Civic hospital doctor demands sexual favours from domestic help, booked

Pune | Saturday | 17th November, 2018

Summary:

He demanded sexual favours from her promising a job to her. The doctor started seeking sexual favours from her in 2016.The complaint of the woman stated, “The doctor made advances towards her for the last time on November 13 when she was alone in his room. It is still not clear how the two came in contact and why the doctor issued threats of dire consequences to her?” When the complainant refused to acknowledge the doctor’s demand, he threatened to defame her in the area by levelling serious allegations on her.”The police said the woman kept mum despite the doctor repeatedly making advances towards her for almost two years.“She decided to file the complaint after he threatened to kill her in the hospital during their last meeting,” the FIR stated.A policeman said, “We are verifying all the claims of the woman. Pimpri Chinchwad: A doctor of Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital in Pimpri was booked on Friday for allegedly harassing a 36-year-old domestic help and demanding sexual favours from her by threatening to defame her.The doctor in question is employed with the Yashwantrao Chavan memorial hospital located in Pimpri and is a head of the department of a section.The 36-year-old domestic help, a resident of Nigdi, lodged a complaint with the police stating that the doctor, the head of a department of the hospital, allegedly threatened to defame her if she did not meet his demand.The Nigdi police told TOI that the woman worked as a domestic help in apartments in the Vallabhnagar area of Pimpri.Her husband does menial jobs in the nearby industrial area.They have two children.According to the woman’s complaint, she met the doctor at a religious place at Nigdi in 2014.They met each other for the second time in the hospital..