A Montgomery County physician who was arrested last February and charged with rape and a sexual assault that occurred in a Silver Spring urgent care facility, was found guilty by a jury earlier this week.
According to a police statement from February 2023, “Two female victims visited the urgent care on separate dates and allege that Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed Malik groped, inappropriately touched, and sexually assaulted the victims during routine examinations. Each of the assaults occurred at the Advanced Walk-in Urgent Care located at 10800 Lockwood Dr. in Silver Spring.”
Per NBC4, prosecutors say “He locked the exam room doors, made the women take off their clothes, didn’t give them gowns to cover themselves, and then groped and assaulted them.” Defense attorneys argued that Malik’s actions were all “medically necessary.”
Malik faces a maximum of 42 years in prison when he is sentenced April. Next week, he will also go on trial for an additional 22 charges stemming from allegedly sexually assaulting and harassing eight other patients.
