Teenage girl allegedly sexually assaulted at SSKM Hospital

Kolkata: In a shocking incident, a teenage girl was allegedly molested at the outpatient department of the state-run SSKM Hospital by a former group D staffer, a senior police officer said on Thursday.

According to news reports, the accused, identified as Amit Mallick, a former ward boy, was arrested from Dhapa on Wednesday night and booked under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the officer said.

“On receiving verbal information about the incident, Bhowanipore police contacted the victim and recorded her statement,” the officer said.

“Later, the accused was identified as ex-group D staff of a state-run hospital and was arrested from Dhapa Bustee Road under Pragati Maidan police station area,” the officer added, reports PTI.

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Bhawanipore police station lodged an FIR under the POCSO Act based on the recorded and signed statement of the victim girl, police said in a statement.

According to the complaint lodged by the teenager’s family, she was molested while waiting for a doctor at the outpatient department.

As the parents were busy at the OPD ticket counter, the accused asked the girl to accompany him to a nearby spot where he allegedly outraged her modesty, the complainant said.

The incident comes close on the heels of an attack on a woman doctor at a hospital in Uluberia in Howrah district, where family members of a patient allegedly assaulted and threatened her with sexual violence.

Three persons were arrested in that case.

Last year, the rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital triggered massive protests across West Bengal and the country.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the parents of the deceased PG trainee at RG Kar Hospital, who have been seeking protection amid alleged threats, have prompted Rashtrapati Bhavan to direct West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant to look into the matter.

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