A woman, claiming that she was sexually harassed by a physician, has demanded action against Sub-inspector Ahad Ali of Phultala police station in Khulna for threatening her to withdraw the case she filed against the doctor.
Mosammat Rozina Begum at a press conference at Khulna Press Club yesterday alleged that Dr. Hadiuzzaman Hadi, owner of Phultala Surgical Hospital, sexually harassed her in his chamber at 10 pm on June 18 this year when she went there for medical check up. She said she had been suffering from uterus-related problems for three months. Her husband Md. Elias Sarder of Dhopakhola village in Phultala upazila was also present at the press conference.
“Dr. Hadiuzzaman also threatened me not to disclose the matter”, she said.
Rozina said her husband lodged an FIR with Phultala police station on July 19 naming Dr. Hadiuzzaman as accused. The FIR was recorded under Section 10 of the Women and Children Repression Pprevention Act, 2000.
She alleged that SI Ahad Ali, investigation officer of the case, threatened her and the complainant to withdraw the case filed against Dr. Hadiuzzaman.