Doctor arrested for `molesting' 14yr old girl

MUMBAI: The Bandra police on Sunday arrested Dr T N Shetty for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old girl who had paid him a visit at his clinic in Pali Naka with a complaint of sore throat. The girl accused the doctor of groping her.
In a police statement, the girl said that when she objected to the doctor's behaviour, he started to apologise. No other patient or assistant was present at the time of the incident.
The doctor allegedly offered to give her a pair of contact lens and cash.He also asked her not to tell her mother about the incident.
An officer from the Bandra police said the girl called her mother from a shop outside the clinic. People from the area gathered thrashed the doctor after they found out about the incident. Senior inspector Prakash George said, "We have booked the doctor under Section 354 of the IPC.''