More than a month after a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, gang-rape attempt has surfaced at a private hospital in Bihar. The survivor, a nurse, managed to escape the gang-rape attempt by a doctor, who is also the administrator of the institution, by inflicting a cut on his private parts with a blade.
According to media reports, the Bihar Police claimed that one of the assaulters was a doctor and also served as the RBS Health Care Centre administrator in Gangapur under the Musrighararari police station limits in Samastipur district. The nurse was reportedly finishing off her work at the hospital when Dr Sanjay Kumar and two of his aides tried to rape her, allegedly under the influence of alcohol. The nurse managed to call the police after she was out of the hospital.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Samastipur (Sadar) Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sanjay Kumar Pandey said, “According to the statement of the victim, the doctor and his two associates attempted to rape her inside a private hospital in Musrigharari area last night.” “All three were in inebriated condition. The victim struck the doctor’s private parts with a blade in self-defence and ran away. Thereafter, she dialled the helpline number 112 to inform about the incident from outside the hospital,” the officer said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar Pandey was quoted in the media as saying that a team was rushed to the hospital, and three people were arrested after the nurse was taken into safe custody. In addition to Dr Kumar, the other two accused were identified as Awadhesh Kumar and Sunil Kumar Gupta.
“In the preliminary investigation, it was found out that the doctor and his associates had switched off the CCTV cameras and locked the hospital from inside before assaulting her,” he said.
Based on the victim’s statement, a case has been registered against the trio. Police also recovered the blade, which was used by the victim in self-defence, and a bottle of liquor from the spot, the SDPO said.
