Bengal: Doctor rapes woman after giving her a sedative, blackmails her, arrested

A doctor has been arrested for allegedly raping a female patient several times at his clinic after injecting her with a sedative that left her unconscious in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police said on Tuesday.

According to the woman’s complaint, she had gone to the doctor, Noor Alam Sardar, for treatment. The doctor gave her an injection of a drug, which made her unconscious.

The suspect raped the woman and took photos of her, blackmailing her several times. The woman alleged that the doctor had threatened to make her private photos viral on social media if she did not pay the Rs 4 lakh demanded by the suspect, police said.

According to police, the woman is staying alone at her home in the Hasnabad region while her husband lives abroad for work.

The victim later narrated her ordeal to her husband and when he returned to India, the couple filed a complaint against the doctor.

“My wife visited his clinic for her treatment. When she last visited the surgeon’s clinic for consultation, she was asked to get an injection. She was initially unwilling to take that injection. But the doctor convinced her to follow his advice for a speedy recovery. Afterwards she was given the injection and felt dizzy. Then the doctor advised her to rest in bed,” said the woman’s husband.

He said it was only when she regained consciousness that she realized she was improperly dressed and had been raped.

“My wife tried to commit suicide after being blackmailed by the doctor. I was informed by my neighbor and returned to my village to take further action,” the woman’s husband added.

A case was registered against the doctor based on the woman’s complaint and an investigation into the matter was initiated, Basirhat Superintendent of Police (SP) Hossain Mehedi Rehman told India Today TV.

“We immediately started an investigation after receiving a complaint from the woman. The main suspect was arrested within a few hours of registering the FIR. The court sent him to police custody. We are interrogating him to gather further details of the case,” the SP said.