Lucknow: Technician held after nurse files sexual harassment complaint

Lucknow: A troubling incident has emerged in which a staff nurse employed at a private hospital in Thakurganj has accused a technician of sexual assault. The victim claims that the technician frequently made lewd comments and engaged in inappropriate behaviour towards her. Despite her efforts to resist, she alleges that he responded with verbal abuse.

The victim, a resident of Para, revealed that she had been working at the hospital for three months when she began facing persistent harassment from a technician, who hails from the Haluwapur area of Kakori.

The incident took place on November 18 at night while she was on duty. She was allegedly forced into a room and raped by the technician. Then he threatened to murder her if she told anyone about it and fled the scene. Following this the nurse filed a formal complaint at the Thakurganj police station on Saturday.

In her complaint, the nurse alleged that after reporting the incident to the hospital owners, they behaved inappropriately with her. She mentioned that after enduring the harassment by the technician she approached the hospital owners the very next day. However, her claims were reportedly dismissed by the hospital owners, who questioned her integrity and behaved indecently towards her.

The police have registered an FIR against three individuals, including the accused technician and the two hospital owners.

As per the recent media report, commenting on this case, Thakurganj police Inspector Shrikant Rai told TOI, "Nikhil has been sent to jail, while efforts are underway to apprehend the hospital owners."

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