Ward Boy Surrenders after shooting nurse to death in Madhya Pradesh

Bhind: 24 years old Nurse was shot dead by a ward boy after staking her in the ICU (intensive care unit ) of a district hospital on Feb 11 after she denied to marry the accused. He later surrendered himself before the police with the pistol with which he committed the crime.

Following the incident, the nursing staff of the hospital has struck work, demanding better security at the facility, an official said. Nurse Neha Chandel was shot in the head point-blank by ward boy Ritesh Shakya using a country-made pistol in the ICU on Thursday night, Bhind Superintendent of Police Shalendra Singh Chauhan told PTI.

The accused surrendered before the police after the shooting, he said, adding that the victim's body was sent for post-mortem. The body of the deceased was found at 6:15 pm. Investigators are going through CCTV footage of the store room and other parts of the hospital.

According to the police, Shakya, a father of four, wanted to marry the victim, whose marriage was fixed with another man.

Acquaintances of the deceased have claimed that the accused had been pestering the victim to marry him for months, but she had rebuffed his offers. Meanwhile, more than 100 nurses were staging a sit-in at the district hospital demanding security, an official said. District Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. Ajit Mishra said that arrangements were being made to ensure that patients are not inconvenienced due to the protest.

Police have filed a case against the accused and he is being interrogated. The family of Neha in Mandla district has been informed her body will be delivered to them on Friday.