(COLOMBO) – A doctor attached with a Sri Lankan Government hospital was arrested after he is alleged to have sexually assaulted a female colleague, police said on Thursday.
He was taken into custody after the victim’s father had complained to the authorities on the alleged sexual assault, police said.
They added that both the suspect doctor and the alleged victim were attached to the Aranayaka District Hospital some 122 kilometres from the commercial capital of Colombo.
The 28-year-old victim had been on duty at the time of the incident and the alleged incident was witnessed by five medical staff members, according to police.
The victim had recently been transferred to this particular from another State hospital.
Police said the doctor was to be produced before a Magistrate’s Court later on Thursday.
The victim alleges that the suspect doctor had touched her inappropriately while she was on duty.
Statements have been recorded from the victim and five other staff members present during the incident, according to police.
