Overview
- The local doctor, taken into custody Sunday in Indore district, is accused of raping a 30-year-old patient and threatening to leak intimate photos, according to police.
- Officers said the case was registered under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2021, with the criminal investigation ongoing.
- After the arrest, a group allegedly stormed the doctor's house, vandalised it, and set the door and a motorcycle on fire, and police later detained three suspects while searching for others.
- A separate case tied to the vandalism was filed at Mhow police station on a complaint from the doctor's relative, and officials said the clinic in Gujarkheda was sealed during the crackdown.
- Protesters that included villagers and right‑wing activists blocked a road in Mhow on Monday and claimed the arson FIR was fabricated, underscoring how the case has stirred competing accounts as police continue the probe.