Report recommends stern action against complainant: Taj
Srinagar: The commissioner secretary health and medical education department who was tasked to probe the allegations of sexual assault leveled by a nurse has exonerated director health services Kashmir Dr Salim-u-Rehaman.
Talking to KNS, Taj Mohiuddin minister for health and medical education said that the probe report has been submitted to him and it has exonerated Dr Rehman from the charges leveled by the complainant.
The probe committee has gone through all the evidences available and has given a patient hearing to the complainant also to prove her point, Taj said adding that the CCTV footage has also been examined by the probe panel which has resulted into exoneration of Dr Rehman.
Taj informed KNS that the report has recommended stern action against the complainant who according to the report has leveled baseless allegations against the director health services.
He said that he has himself gone through the CCTV footage which negates the complainant’s theory. Pertinently, on June 6 police had registered a case against Dr Rehman after a nurse registered a complaint against him and accused him of trying to harass her in his office. Police station Shaheed Gunj, had registered FIR No. 46 under section 354 against the Director Health.
The complainant (name withheld) has also registered complaint against Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Anantnag and Block Medical Officer (BMO) Sallar and one of the in-charge doctors at newly constructed sub-district hospital in Sallar. The nurse is said to be working at a Health Centre in south Kashmir.
“She has also mentioned names of the two officials and leveled allegations that they made an attempt to sexually assault her,” a police official had told KNS adding she has alleged that the incident in Anantnag took place some two months back.
He said police registered case against Director Health as complainant had mentioned him in her complaint. “So we took the cognizance and started investigations in it.” He said Police was looking at all angles regarding the complaint filed by the nurse. “Let us explore all the legal formalities and see how it is to be done.”
Police station Shaheed Gunj while taking cognizance of a complaint by a nurse alleging molestation by some health department officials has registered a case vide FIR no 46/2014 U/S 354 RPC. “The complainant has accused four officials of health department of molesting her. Taking instant cognizance, investigations were started,” a police official had told KNS. He said scene of incident was visited by the police, and statements of some eyewitnesses were also recorded which prima facie, negates the allegations.