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News Desk: In a horrific incident amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic, a girl patient was allegedly raped in ICU by ward boy of a hospital in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh.
The alleged crime took place after the ward boy allegedly sedated the patient with an injection in the ICU of the hospital. The incident took place under Lisari Gate police station.
A complaint has been filed at the local police station and the ward boy has been taken into police custody, according to a report in Hindi daily Hindustan.
The 18-year-old girl, a resident of Majidnagar, was admitted to the Care Nursing Home on May 27 after she had a high fever.
The victim alleged that the ward boy sedated her with a drug injection in the ICU and then raped her at 3am. The ward boy also threatened the survivor with a poison injection if she revealed the crime to anyone.
The matter came to light after the victim narrated her ordeal to her brother’s wife. Later, the family filed a complaint at the Lisari Gate police station.
After the complaint, the police detained the accused identified as Qasim, a resident of Ghosipur village in Kharkhauda. Police are questioning the accused.
CCTV ‘reveals’ crime
After the incident, the girl’s cousin brother reached the hospital and watched the CCTV footage where the accused was seen ‘molesting’ the patient at around 3am on the day of the incident. But after the molestation incident, the cameras mysteriously get turned off for 40 minutes. There is suspicion that the accused may have turned off the cameras to hide the crime.
Police attempt cover-up
There have been allegations that the local SHO misled the Circle Officer Amit Rai telling him there was no complaint from the victim’s family despite a written complaint in the police station. Quoting sources, the report suggested that local cops gave the full opportunity to the accused for a compromise. The people from the accused’s side also reportedly pressurised the victim’s family for a compromise.
