Rape-accused neurosurgeon seeks pre-arrest bail

  • | Saturday | 16th February, 2019

Vadodara: Leading neurosurgeon from the city Dr Yashesh Dalal has applied for anticipatory bail in connection with a rape offence registered against him by a former staffer at his hospital. The application states that the offence registered against Dalal was fabricated.It states that the complainant, a physiotherapist, was referred to Dalal by another doctor. The application claims that the offence against Dalal was registered with the intention of grabbing money from him. The application states that the physiotherapist could have raised the issue of the doctor sexually abusing her with the doctor’s wife who worked in the same hospital, but this was not done. The application will come up for hearing on Monday.

Vadodara: Leading neurosurgeon from the city Dr Yashesh Dalal has applied for anticipatory bail in connection with a rape offence registered against him by a former staffer at his hospital. The complainant had alleged that Dalal had raped her in 2014 and even threatened her of dire consequences if she mentioned the incident to anybody.Dalal, who has gone underground since the offence was registered, filed an anticipatory bail application in a Vadodara court on Friday. The application states that the offence registered against Dalal was fabricated.It states that the complainant, a physiotherapist, was referred to Dalal by another doctor. The application claims that the offence against Dalal was registered with the intention of grabbing money from him. It states that the fact that the offence was registered after four years revealed that there was a consent for the alleged sexual relationship.The application quotes chats between the doctor and the complainant to state that she was harassing him. The chat records have been mentioned in the petition also to claim that the alleged victim had threatened to create a scene and file a police complaint.Messages from the complainant have also been quoted to show that she wanted to have a physical relationship with the doctor. The application states that the physiotherapist could have raised the issue of the doctor sexually abusing her with the doctor’s wife who worked in the same hospital, but this was not done. It adds that no other physiotherapist had made such claims against the doctor.The application also claims that the ex-husband of the complainant was aware of the feelings she had for the doctor and that the doctor had not instigated her to take a divorce. The application will come up for hearing on Monday.

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