Gandhi Medical College Medico Robbed, Molested in Hostel Room; Angry Junior Doctors Shun Work
Bhopal: In a shocking incident, a junior doctor associated with the state run Gandhi Medical College attached to Hamada Hospital, was molested and robbed by an unidentified person who entered her hostel room through the window.
Angry junior doctors of the hospital, immediately stopped work demanding the arrest of the culprit and greater security for the doctors at the hospital premises. Doctors specifically pointed out that girls' hostel of Gandhi Medical College attached to Hamadia Hospital did not have CCTVs.
An unidentified person entered the hostel room of a doctor through the window and molested, threatened and robbed her, MP Junior Doctors Association president Dr Sachet Saxena confirmed to PTI.
As per recent media reports, the medico had a harrowing experience, when an unidentified man, attacked her in her own room, and threatened her with a screwdriver, telling her to remove her clothes. The medico showing courage fought back immediately, snatching the screw driver and making a dash for the corridor screaming for help.
The culprit, soon vanished, taking away her phone and the cash. The medicos studying at the medical college and working at the hospital soon gathered in support of their colleague.
over 300 junior doctors and around 1,000 under-graduates immediately stopped work and demanded greater security at the campus
"If the police does not catch the culprit in 24 hours, we are going to launch a protest across the state," the JDA president said.
Hamadia hospital superintendent Dr AK Shrivastava said authorities were speaking to doctors to end the stir.
Inspector Amresh Bohare of Koh-e-Fiza police station said a case has been registered against an unidentified person under sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 458 (house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint)
and 382 (theft after preparation made for causing death) of IPC.
Angry junior doctors of the hospital, immediately stopped work demanding the arrest of the culprit and greater security for the doctors at the hospital premises. Doctors specifically pointed out that girls' hostel of Gandhi Medical College attached to Hamadia Hospital did not have CCTVs.
An unidentified person entered the hostel room of a doctor through the window and molested, threatened and robbed her, MP Junior Doctors Association president Dr Sachet Saxena confirmed to PTI.
As per recent media reports, the medico had a harrowing experience, when an unidentified man, attacked her in her own room, and threatened her with a screwdriver, telling her to remove her clothes. The medico showing courage fought back immediately, snatching the screw driver and making a dash for the corridor screaming for help.
The culprit, soon vanished, taking away her phone and the cash. The medicos studying at the medical college and working at the hospital soon gathered in support of their colleague.
over 300 junior doctors and around 1,000 under-graduates immediately stopped work and demanded greater security at the campus
"If the police does not catch the culprit in 24 hours, we are going to launch a protest across the state," the JDA president said.
Hamadia hospital superintendent Dr AK Shrivastava said authorities were speaking to doctors to end the stir.
Inspector Amresh Bohare of Koh-e-Fiza police station said a case has been registered against an unidentified person under sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 458 (house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint)
and 382 (theft after preparation made for causing death) of IPC.
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