New Delhi: A doctor testifying in the Uber rape case told a Delhi court today that attempts had possibly been made to strangulate the 27-year-old rape survivor.
The doctor, belonging to Bara Hindu Rao Hospital conducted a second medical examination of the young woman who had been raped in December, allegedly by the driver an Uber cab.
During examination, the doctor said she found some scratch marks on the woman's neck. Asked about the nature of the scratch marks by the defence counsel, the doctor said, the said scratch marks suggested "strangulation".
The woman, the doctor said, had been brought to her on the evening of December 6 for a second opinion as she had already been examined by another doctor.
During the day, the court also recorded statements of four other witnesses, including Dr Jitendra Nigotia who had examined accused Shiv Kumar Yadav after his arrest.
Dr Nigotia, who is working at Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, told the court that during the medical examination of the accused, he found multiple abrasions (scratch marks) on Yadav's face which could have been caused by nails.
Yadav is a serial offender, with a several cases of sexual assault against him, police said.
The doctor, belonging to Bara Hindu Rao Hospital conducted a second medical examination of the young woman who had been raped in December, allegedly by the driver an Uber cab.
During examination, the doctor said she found some scratch marks on the woman's neck. Asked about the nature of the scratch marks by the defence counsel, the doctor said, the said scratch marks suggested "strangulation".
The woman, the doctor said, had been brought to her on the evening of December 6 for a second opinion as she had already been examined by another doctor.
Dr Nigotia, who is working at Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, told the court that during the medical examination of the accused, he found multiple abrasions (scratch marks) on Yadav's face which could have been caused by nails.
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