Teenager allegedly gang-raped at Jodhpur's Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, 2 arrested

Jodhpur: In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two youths within the premises of Mahatma Gandhi Government Hospital in Jodhpur on Sunday. Two contractual employees have been arrested in connection with the case.

The incident drew sharp reactions from the opposition Congress as it hit out at the BJP government in the state and claimed that there was a ‘jungle raj’ in Rajasthan.

According to the PTI report, the incident took place on Sunday night when the girl reached Mahatma Gandhi Government Hospital. The two accused took her to a dump yard behind the hospital and allegedly raped her, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jodhpur City (West), Anil Kumar said.

Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra targeted the BJP government over the incident.

As per a media report in the Deccan Herald, on Monday, the police found her in the hospital premises in a dishevelled and distraught state and took her to the police station, where she gave a statement to police about having been gangraped. The police have lodged FIR against the two youths, accusing them of gangrape and have framed charges under the POCSO Act. A medical examination of the minor girl has been conducted and a forensic team has collected evidence from the crime site.

Hospital Superintendent Fateh Singh Bhati said the two accused were not presently on their rolls or on contract in their hospital. But one of them may have been employed in the hospital on a contractual basis earlier.

“The gang rape of a minor girl at Mahatma Gandhi Government Hospital of Jodhpur is another example of Rajasthan moving towards ‘jungle raj’. Neither the public representatives nor the police in Jodhpur are focussing on law and order, due to which criminals have no fear,” Gehlot said on X.

He said, “Crime-free Jodhpur has been ruined by the misrule of the BJP.” Dotasra said the law and order situation in the state has deteriorated under the BJP rule, news agency PTI reported.

“There is not a single district where crime against women is not happening. Women are not safe. There is no law and order in the state,” he told reporters.