Gurugram Hospital technician arrested for sexual assault on patient
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Gurugram: A 25-year-old technician working at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram has been arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a woman patient, police said.
The accused has been identified as Deepak (25), a native of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, who had been living in Gurugram for some time, they said.
A senior police officer said that during the interrogation, the accused revealed that he joined Medanta five months ago after completing his bachelor's in Operation Theatre Technology at a private university here, news agency PTI reported.
Police said they identified the accused after examining CCTV footage, interrogating the hospital staff and investigating various facts.
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"Over 50 employees of the hospital and some doctors were questioned, and footage from 800 CCTV cameras was examined. After multiple analyses, we finally identified the accused and arrested him today. He has confessed to the crime," said Dr Arpit Jain, DCP (headquarters), who led the special investigation team in the case.
The accused will be produced before the court on Saturday for further proceedings, and the probe is still underway, police added.
"We have been informed that the police have identified a suspect who has been taken into custody in connection with the ongoing investigation concerning allegations of sexual assault on a patient. On the basis of the information provided to us by the police, at present, we have suspended the suspect employee," the statement issued by the hospital's medical superintendent Dr Sanjay Durani read, reports TOI.
The incident came to light when the 46-year-old flight attendant lodged a complaint on April 14. She alleged that she was admitted to Medanta Hospital on April 5 for some treatment. And, on the next day, April 6, a man carried out digital rape on her in the hospital ICU room, where two other nurses were also present who did nothing to stop him.
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