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| Kashmir minister under investigation for 'molesting' woman | Kashmir minister under investigation for 'molesting' woman |
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| A top minister in Indian-administered Kashmir is under investigation after allegations that he sexually assaulted a doctor, police said. | |
| The senior gynaecologist has alleged that the state's health minister Shabir Ahmed Khan had asked her to come to his office a few days back. | The senior gynaecologist has alleged that the state's health minister Shabir Ahmed Khan had asked her to come to his office a few days back. |
| There he tried to molest her, she said. | There he tried to molest her, she said. |
| Mr Khan did not answer repeated phone calls, but sources close to him said he would soon appear before the police chief to give his account. | Mr Khan did not answer repeated phone calls, but sources close to him said he would soon appear before the police chief to give his account. |
| Civil society groups and the medical fraternity in Kashmir have expressed anguish over the disclosure and doctors have called a day's strike at the weekend to protest the "barbaric act", reports BBC Urdu's Riyaz Masroor from Srinagar. | Civil society groups and the medical fraternity in Kashmir have expressed anguish over the disclosure and doctors have called a day's strike at the weekend to protest the "barbaric act", reports BBC Urdu's Riyaz Masroor from Srinagar. |
| In 2006, Kashmir was rocked by sensational disclosures about top ministers, security officials and bureaucrats running a sex racket. | In 2006, Kashmir was rocked by sensational disclosures about top ministers, security officials and bureaucrats running a sex racket. |
| Several top ministers and officials were jailed after some girls revealed in court that they were sexually exploited after they were promised jobs in the government. | Several top ministers and officials were jailed after some girls revealed in court that they were sexually exploited after they were promised jobs in the government. |
| Most of the accused are now out on bail and have resumed their positions in the government. | Most of the accused are now out on bail and have resumed their positions in the government. |
| Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had threatened to resign when the opposition group alleged that he too figured in the list of those accused of exploiting girls. | Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had threatened to resign when the opposition group alleged that he too figured in the list of those accused of exploiting girls. |
| Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus. | Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus. |