Safdarjung doctor arrested for rape and blackmail

New Delhi: A doctor with the Safdurjung Hospital has been arrested after he allegedly raped a 27-year-old woman repeatedly after blackmailing her with photographs of her that he had clicked. The woman had approached the cops after which a case was registered. The doctor’s phone was seized after which he was arrested.

In her complaint, the woman told the cops that she used to work as a medical representative with a well-known pharma company and met the doctor at the hospital. After a few visits, she became friends with the doctor, who had called her for a coffee at a cafe in Green Park. She had even introduced her husband to the doctor and his family members later.

After a few days, the doctor advised her to appear for a government examination and offered to coach her. He asked her to come to a rented house in Gautam Nagar where he taught a few other students.

The woman said that on May 10, he called her to his room when no one else was present and offered her a drink laced with sedatives. The woman said she felt dizzy and the doctor raped her and took obscene pictures of her. When she gained her senses, he showed her the pictures and threatened to make them go public if she resisted his advances. He raped her several times threatening her with the pictures.

The woman revealed her ordeal to a cousin who confronted the doctor. Following this, the accused forwarded the obscene photographs to the woman’s husband, leading to discord in her marriage.

Finally, the woman went to the police and a case was registered. Police arrested him on the basis of the evidence provided by the woman.

The hospital was not available for comment.