Delhi doctor rapes colleague at his Hauz Khas house, at large

NEW DELHI: A senior resident doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) allegedly spiked his colleague’s drink and raped her at his house in Hauz Khas last month, Delhi Police said on Friday.

The accused is on the run, and searches are being conducted across the city to trace him.

According to Benita Mary Jaiker, deputy commissioner of police (south), the woman called the police control room on Monday to report that she was sexually assaulted, and that she was getting a medical examination at AIIMS.

“This distress call was marked to the Hauz Khas police station. A team was then sent to the hospital, where the woman was present. The victim, who is a doctor at AIIMS, told police that, on September 26, one of her senior doctors raped her at his house, where she had gone to celebrate a colleague’s birthday,” said Jaiker. Police have registered a case under sections 376 (punishment for rape) and 377 (unnatural offences) of the Indian Penal Code at Hauz Khas.

“The suspect is on the run. We have started technical surveillance and are making efforts to nab the accused,” Jaiker added.

A senior police officer said a medical examination confirmed the woman was raped. HT approached the AIIMS communications division for a formal response, but there was none till press time.

When contacted, a member of the resident doctors’ association at AIIMS, who asked not to be named, said that the woman did not approach them, and that the matter was being handled only by the police.

“Normally, the association is approached. But in this case the matter is so sensitive that the aggrieved person decided to approach the police directly, and that was the right thing to do as the police will do a better job of probing a serious case like this,” said the person cited above.

An officer aware of the matter, requesting anonymity, said the woman told police that there were seven people at the house during the party. Police have recorded the statements of all others.

They also recorded the woman’s statement before a judge. Such a statement, under Section 164 of the CrPC, is admissible as evidence during a trial.