Bengaluru, 25 April

A doctor from Bengaluru employed in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to five years imprisonment and has been imposed a fine of 1.5 lakh Riyals (around Rs 33.4 lakh), by a Saudi Arabian court for allegedly harassing a woman.

The doctor was working as a pathologist in Jizan province in Saudi Arabia and was convicted for harassing a young Saudi national woman who was doing her internship under him, diplomatic sources at Indian Consulate in Jeddah told Salar News. The woman lodged a complaint after which public prosecution referred the case to criminal court which awarded him the sentence.

A native of Devagiri in Haveri district, the doctor was showing a sample on a microscope when he accidentally touched the woman’s hand, the sources said.

The doctor’s family has approached Indian diplomatic mission and said it was a case of misunderstanding. .—Salar News