Patient's attendant allegedly sexually assaults minor girl at Meerut Govt Hospital
Meerut: A 15-year-old girl admitted for a leg operation in the orthopaedic ward of the Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial (LLRM) Medical College in Meerut was allegedly sexually assaulted by an attendant of another patient inside the woman's washroom on Sunday, police said.
The girl was raped by the attendant of another patient in a toilet of the medical college on the night of June 20, police said.
Senior Superintendent of Police Vipin Tada told PTI that the local Medical police station registered the FIR on the complaint of the girl's mother and arrested the accused on Sunday night.
"The girl will be medically examined on Monday," Tada said.
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According to police, the girl was admitted to the medical college for a leg operation on June 20. A man, named Mohit, hailing from Uttarakhand, was also admitted to the ward and his brother, the accused Rohit, was the attendant.
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