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Parents of doctor accused of sexual exploitation held for conversion bid

Parents of doctor accused of sexual exploitation held for conversion bid

LUCKNOW: Parents of the resident doctor of King George’s Medical University, who has been accused of sexually exploiting a colleague and pressuring her for religious conversion for marriage, were arrested from a rented flat in Thakurganj area of Lucknow on Monday.DCP (west zone) Vishwajeet Srivastava claimed Salimuddin (70) and his wife Khateeja (67), parents of the accused doctor, Rameezuddin (38), played a key role in conversion and miscarriage of two women medical students, one at KGMU and the other at Agra medical college.”Both the survivors have given written testimonies in the presence of a magistrate that they were forcibly converted, sexually exploited, and subjected to miscarriage by not just the KGMU doctor ut also his parents,” said a police officer privy to the investigation. Initially, police had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on arrest of the doctor, which was further increased to Rs 50,000 on Monday.On Dec 23, 2025, one of the survivors had submitted a written complaint at Chowk police station.Based on her complaint, an FIR was lodged under sections of rape, miscarriage, marriage by deceit under BNS, along with Sections 3/5 of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act.Another medical student from Agra also accused the doctor of sexual assault, conversion, and miscarriage. Police said during investigation, involvement of family of the accused was found.

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