Psychiatrist sent to jail on charges of raping patient

The head of the psychiatry at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital was sent to jail on Monday on charges of raping a patient.

Associate Professor Ramendra Kumar Singha was arrested at his private chamber at Labaid Diagnostic Centre in Sylhet city on Sunday night.

A woman, who has been a patient of his since 2018, accused him of raping her and making false promises of marriage, said Ali Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.

The young woman went to his chamber that evening and said he had impregnated her and demanded that he marry her, the OC added.

Officers later took the woman and the doctor to the police station where she filed a case.

A court sent him to jail the next day, the OC added.