55-year-old poses as doctor, tries to rape teen, arrested

GURUGRAM: A 55-year-old man, who posed as a doctor in a village near Sohna, was arrested for an alleged rape bid on a Class X student on Monday night. The girl (17) claimed that after entering her house in the Sohna area, he tied her hands with her dupatta and threatened to kill her if she resisted.

The man, who does not have a medical degree, was arrested on Tuesday night. A city court sent him to judicial custody on Wednesday.

According to the girl’s complaint, she was sleeping, along with her two sisters, when the “doctor” arrived in the house. “After 12am, Rajbir entered the house and tied both my hands with my dupatta. He covered my face with a towel and started molesting me but I woke up. When I tried to resist, he threatened to kill me but somehow I raised an alarm and he managed to flee,” the girl said in her complaint.

Rajbir was arrested late night on Tuesday and he has confessed to the crime, police said. An FIR was registered against him under Section 12 of the POCSO Act and sections 457 (house trespass to commit offence), 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC at Sohna City police station. “Rajbir was known as a doctor in the village but he did not have a degree,” said Mukesh Kumar, SHO, Sohna City police station.