RAJKOT: A childless 25-year-old married woman was raped by an ayurvedic doctor in Kodinar of Gir Somnath district who she had gone for consultation on Tuesday.
Police said that the woman was first taken for treatment to accused doctor, Hari Solanki, by her mother-in-law around 18 days ago. Solanki gave her medicines, but also said that someone has cast a spell on the woman.
He then offered to perform a ceremony to remove the evil influence of the spell. After the woman’s medicines got over, Solanki asked her to visit him at his clinic for a ceremony to remove the spell. The woman again went to meet Solanki with her mother-in-law, but Solanki asked her mother-in-law to wait outside. Solanki asked the woman to wear her wedding saree and performed a ceremony. When she was changing her dress after the ceremony, Solanki raped her.
Shocked, the woman told her husband and other family members about how Solanki attacked and raped her.
The woman approached the police after her family members decided to register a complaint against the doctor. Based on the woman’s statement, an offence was registered against Solanki. The accused doctor is yet to be arrested.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
