Doctor Yashesh Dalal apprehended by the Vadodara crime branch

Dr. Yashesh Dalal who had been indicted in a rape case by a physiotherapist working with him has finally been apprehended by the Vadodara crime branch.

After an FIR was registered against Doctor Yashesh Dalal on 12th February for molestation, rape under section 376 of the IPC and IT act 66 and 67 by the survivor, a physiotherapist who had been working with him since 2013.

Since then the doctor had been absconding and four teams from the crime branch were dispatched to find him. The survivor had alleged that the doctor had been forcing physical relations on her since she started to work with him in 2013. The two have taken various out of town trips together to Banglore, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and a farmhouse in Vasad.

The survivor decided to register a case against the accused after he put private photos of her on his Whatsapp status and made them viral.

DCP Jadeja said that the police were looking for the doctor in three cities in Gujarat, Mumbai and Delhi. When the police finally gathered information that he is Mumbai, he was caught within the next 48 hours from Malabar Hill area in Grant Road area of South Mumbai.

Interestingly, the apartment where Dr. Dalal was hiding, 202 Devshrushti apartment in Malabar Hill, was next to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis’s residence. The Vadodara crime branch was questioned about their presence there by the Mumbai police stationed at the CM’s residence.

The doctor was brought into custody in Vadodara at 7am yesterday and his medical examinations are pending, after which he will be produced in court for remand.