A doctor was arrested on September 21 for allegedly molesting a 12-year-old girl at a hospital in Shirdi in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, police said.

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The doctor committed the offence in the early hours of September 19 when the girl was brought to the hospital with respiratory problems, said the Deputy Superintendent of Police. "He sent the child's father to get medicines and then molested the child. We arrested him today and have charged him under provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and section 354 of IPC. He has been remanded in police custody for two days," the Deputy Superintendent of Police added.