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Doctor arrested for inappropriately touching girl while examining her

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A 22-year-old MSc second year student has lodged a complaint against a Thane doctor saying he molested her while examining her on Wednesday (Nov 26) evening at his private clinic in Chendani Koliwada, Thane.

The girl came home and narrated the incident to her family, who then lodged a complaint in Thane Nagar police station. The doctor was immediately arrested.

According to the complaint, the girl who had cough and cold and was already being treated by some other doctor, on Wednesday decided to meet her family doctor, Dr Avinash Laxman Patil, in his clinic in Chendani Koliwada area. She was with another member of her family.

Dr Patil called the victim inside his room and while examining her using a stethoscope, he touched her inappropriately on her private parts. Then the girl was asked to sit up, and while being examined, the doctor again touched her inappropriately.

She then went home and told her family what had happened. The members of her family then went to the clinic. Heated arguments ensued, and they later lodged a complaint against the doctor.

A police officer in Thane Nagar police station said the doctor, whose wife is also a doctor, had asked his wife to check the patient. In the past too, Dr Patil has examined the complainant whenever she was ill. We are speaking to other patients to get more details about the doctor."

Dilip Boraste, senior police inspector in Thane Nagar police station, said: "We have arrested the doctor and are investigating. We will also question other patients to know more about the doctor's behaviour. We will take the statement of the victim again. She is doing MSc in a Mumbai college. She came to stay here in Thane Nagar area only six months ago."

The doctor has been booked under section 354 (outraging modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code.

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