Compounder of Sarvesh Divya Hospital arrested

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, August 16

A compounder of a private hospital has been arrested by the Civil Lines police on the charge of molestation of a woman patient last night, who was unconscious and admitted to the ICU ward of Sarvesh Divya Hospital on the Namdev road.

The accused, identified as Gurpreet Singh, is a city resident. A case has been registered against him under Section 354B of the IPC at the Civil Lines police station.

The police have started investigation in the case. SHO Jagjeet Singh said a 35-old-old woman resident of Burj of Muktsar district had come for check-up with her sister and brother-in-law at Sarvesh Divya Hospital.

Doctors had admitted her as she was not feeling well and shifted her to the ICU ward of the hospital.

The SHO said at midnight, when her relative went to see her sister-in-law in the ICU ward, he found that the compounder was molesting her. He shouted and caught him.

He immediately reported the matter to the police. “The police reached the spot and took the accused into custody,” the SHO added.

He said, “We have taken the CCTV footage from the hospital. The accused had covered the cameras with some cloth. A case has been registered against him under Section 354B of the IPC.”

The relative has demanded that the accused be booked on the charge of attempt to rape.

The SHO said investigation was on and they would take action as per law.

Dr Gourav Jain of Sarvesh Divya Hospital said when the incident came into his notice, he immediately called the police and got the accused arrested.