Child Abuse Case: Police Files Chargesheet Against The Doctor Couple

 

Digital Desk: The Paltan Bazar police filed a charge sheet on Monday against the doctor couple Sangeeta Datta and her doctor husband Waliul Islam in connection with the child abuse case.

 

Earlier, the doctor couple was accused of their suspected involvement in a child abuse case, which came to light after child rights activist Miguel Das Queah posted about the incident on social media.

 

According to allegations, the doctor couple tied their adopted daughter on their terrace in the scorching heat as punishment for being rude. They were arrested on May 5, this year.

 

Later, the doctors - Dr Waliul Islam, a surgeon, and Dr Sangeeta Datta, a psychiatrist - were sent into police custody, along with their domestic help, who has been taken into judicial custody, according to the police, who added that the couple has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

 

Reportedly, the minor girl had multiple injury marks on her body. The medical examination confirmed that her private parts had been burned with cigarettes, the police said. 

 

Guwahati Commissioner of Police (CP), Diganta Barah said, "The minor girl was held captive on the fourth floor of Roma Enclave, the residence of the doctor couple. The 3-year-old girl suffered injuries and burn marks on her private areas, as well as bruises on various parts of her body. During the medical examination, it was also discovered that her private parts had been burned by cigarettes."

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"All three accused, including their maid Lakshmi Nath, have been arrested. They appeared before the chief judicial magistrate's court in Guwahati on Sunday, and the court sentenced the couple to five days in police custody and the maid, Laxmi Nath, to seven days in judicial custody. "The couple has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act," he added.

 

Earlier, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed Assam Police to properly probe the alleged child abuse case in Guwahati and conclude the investigation within the next six months. The chief minister further directed the Assam police to submit the charge sheet within the next 45 days.

 

He promised to request a special court for the trial of the alleged child abuse case from the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.

 

"I am personally monitoring this child abuse investigation, and I believe it will be completed within the next six months. The couple has been charged under various sections, including sections under the POCSO Act. I shall personally write to the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court requesting that this case be brought to trial in a special court. "I have directed the Assam police to file the charge sheet within the next month or 45 days," the chief minister said.