KGMU doctor suspended for forcing colleague to convert to Islam for marriage

A doctor accused of forcing his female colleague at Lucknow’s King George’s Medical University (KGMU) to convert to Islam for marriage has been suspended here on Tuesday.

The accused has been barred from entering the university campus after an FIR was registered against him. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath Yogi Adityanath called the female doctor late on Monday evening and assured her, “There will be an impartial investigation. No culprit will be spared.” The victim told him that the accused, Dr. Ramizuddin Nayak, was forming a gang at KGMU to carry out religious conversions.

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The Yogi government has requested for a report from KGMU on the entire matter. Sources said here on Tuesday that a police officer has been deployed 24 hours a day to protect the female doctor. The Vishakha Committee, formed under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, submitted its report to the KGMU administration. Based on this report, the accused doctor was suspended.

The victim, a resident doctor, is pursuing her MD in Pathology from KGMU while the accused is a senior doctor pursuing his third-year MD in Pathology. He is from Uttarakhand while the victim is from West Bengal. Initial investigations have revealed evidence against the accused.

The victim attempted suicide by taking an overdose of medicine in her hostel room on December 17 and was admitted to the ICU of the KGMU. The incident came to light on December 19 when her family arrived in Lucknow. The family alleged that the accused had secretly married another Hindu woman in February of this year after converting her religion.

On Monday, the victim arrived at the Women’s Commission office in Lucknow with her doctor father. She met with Vice President Aparna Yadav. During the meeting, the victim said, “I was tortured a lot. I am scared.”

The accused doctor appeared before the investigation committee on Monday. Initially, he was reluctant to appear. When asked to appear, he requested leave citing illness, but the committee refused. He pleaded not guilty and said he was not married. He was asked to submit an affidavit.