SIT formed to probe alleged sexual assault on patient at Gurugram Hospital
Gurugram: Police on Thursday set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged sexual assault case of a flight attendant who was on a ventilator in Medanta Hospital, officials said.
According to a police spokesperson, Police Commissioner Vikas Kumar Arora constituted the seven-member SIT led by Dr Arpit Jain, DCP (headquarters), who is also an MBBS doctor.
The other members in the SIT included two ACPs, two SHOs, an in-charge of the Sector 40 crime unit and the investigating officer of the case, he added.
After four days of investigation, police have not identified the accused yet. The investigation so far has not proven the allegations of the flight attendant, police said, news agency PTI reported.
Medical Dialogues recently reported that a 46-year-old trainee air hostess has lodged a police complaint alleging sexual assault by a ward staffer while she was on the ventilator in the ICU during treatment at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. While hospital authorities did not refute the claims, they stated that they are cooperating with the police and that the allegations have not yet been substantiated.
A senior investigating officer on condition of anonymity, said that the CCTV footage of the hospital shows that the woman on the ventilator was not alone for a single moment. Police are questioning the staff members of the hospital, he added.
"The SIT has started an investigation with all angles. The picture will clear soon," said the spokesperson of Gurugram police, reports PTI.
The 46-year-old woman, in her complaint, has alleged that the man carried out digital rape on her on April 6 in the hospital ICU room where two other nurses were also present, and after getting discharged on April 13, she narrated her ordeal to her husband.
On Wednesday, the hospital said that it is fully cooperating with the probe and her allegations have not been substantiated yet.
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