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Medical practitioner arrested for molesting patient

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
A registered medical practitioner (RMP) was today arrested for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman patient in Malkajgiri area here, police said.

Sadiq (40), the accused, runs a clinic at Patel Nagar and the woman had visited him alongwith her husband for stomach pain yesterday, police said.

"While the husband was outside, Sadiq, on the pretext of check-up, took her to another room and allegedly touched her inappropriately," said inspector Janaki Reddy of Malkajgiri police station.

The woman's husband lodged a complaint under section 354 of IPC (outraging woman's modesty). Sadiq was arrested today, the inspector added.

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First Published: Sep 27 2016 | 9:28 PM IST

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