Police drove an SUV on the sixth flooring of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Rishikesh on Wednesday to arrest the accused in response to a protest by medical doctors demanding a probe into sexual harassment by a nursing officer in opposition to a junior resident physician. The SUV additionally navigated by means of a crowded emergency room on the primary flooring, with a video of the incident going viral on social media.
The police officer later clarified that when the authorities arrived on Wednesday, the AIIMS safety in-charge stated that there was a must take away the accused from the ward to forestall escalation and potential mob lynching. To guarantee a protected exit, the police used the passage designated for ambulances to move critical sufferers.
Uttarakhand Police on Tuesday drove their SUV inside AIIMS Rishikesh emergency ward to arrest a Nursing Officer named Satish Kumar, after a Junior Female Doctor accused him of sexually molesting her once they have been on obligation within the trauma surgical procedure unit!
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The sexual harassment incident occurred on Sunday night time in an operation theatre. While an operation was in progress, a junior resident physician was allegedly harassed by the nursing officer, Satish Kumar. The subsequent day, he’s stated to have threatened to kill himself in a sequence of offensive texts that he despatched her on WhatsApp. The case was registered on Tuesday.
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Currently, the accused has been suspended by the hospital authorities. The police have been directed to droop the Assistant Nursing Superintendent (ANS) Sinoj P until the investigation is ongoing, as he let the accused go on obligation regardless of his consciousness of the grievance.