Gurugram: A 25-year-old city-based medical professional has been booked under IPC section 376 (2) (n) after a colleague nurse filed a complaint against him in the local police station on account of allegedly raping her on the pretext of marriage.

The complaint was filed against a 25-year old doctor working in a private hospital by a nurse who worked in the same place. The police team has launched a manhunt to nab the doctor as he is not in town.

According to the complainant, she met the doctor in the year 2016 in the same hospital and worked together for almost three and a half year. She alleged that the doctor befriended her and they eventually developed a relationship.

In 2017, they went for the live-in relationship by renting a house at Sohna. The nurse further accused the doctor that he allegedly raped her for nearly two years and kept telling her that they would get married. She even had to undergo abortion for four times.

She further alleged that after the abortion last year in December, she moved to her native place as her health was deteriorating rapidly. They remain in contact till February this year- after that he switched off his cell phone and went incommunicado. She narrated her ordeal to her family members, who went to meet the doctor and his family members. She alleged that the doctor refused to marry her.

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The complainant, then, approached the Palam Vihar police station to register a complaint against him. The doctor was booked under IPC section 376 (2) (n) which corresponds to charges applicable to taking advantage of one's position to commit rape on a woman while knowing that she is pregnant.

The police team launched a manhunt to catch him as he is not in the city.

The Assistant Commissioner of Police (crime), Shamsher Singh told the HT, "According to the woman, they lived together for nearly two years and the accused allegedly raped her, saying that they were going to get married soon. He said all his family members know about her as they frequently visited them."

The whole scenario emerged after they shifted to different hospital for their jobs.

"After they joined different hospitals, the complainant started pressuring him for marriage but he kept delaying it and then started ignoring her," Singh further added.