A 22-year-old mentally-challenged woman was raped allegedly by a ward boy at a
nursing home whose doctors have been arrested on charge of trying to bribe the
victim's kin to hush up the matter.
The incident
occurred at Walhekarwadi in Chinchwad town near Pune on April 16 in the
nursing home run by Dr Vishal Sonawane (34) and his wife Dr Varsha (31) where
the victim was undergoing treatment, police said on Sunday.
Police
arrested the accused, identified as Subhash Modad (22), on the charge of rape
and the doctor couple for trying to hush up the matter and bribe the victim's
kin to not report the incident to police as it would bring bad name to their
hospital.
"The incident came to light after four days
as the doctor couple detained the suspect and offered bribe to the victim's
father for not reporting the incident to police," said Deputy Commissioner of
Police Shahaji Umap.
The arrests were made on the
complaint of the victim's father, he said.
Police said
the medical examination of the woman, conducted by a government hospital, has
confirmed rape.
While Modad was booked under section
376 (d) (intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a hospital
with any woman in that hospital), the Sonawane couple under sections 213
(taking gift, etc, to screen an offender from punishment) and 214 (offering
gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender, of the
Indian Penal Code.
A local court on Saturday remanded
Modad in police custody till April 26 and the doctor couple till April 21.
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