Shahjahanpur (UP), Oct 27 (PTI) A female patient was allegedly raped by a sanitation worker at a hospital here on Monday, police said.
The man, who has been detained by police, allegedly took the 35-year-old victim to a spot by claiming doctors would be present there and raped her, they said.
According to the police, the woman’s brother-in-law was undergoing treatment at the hospital under the Kotwali police station limits.
On Sunday, she went to a liquor shop in the vicinity and drank alcohol, after which she fell unconscious. Later, police admitted her to the same hospital, Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Devendra Kumar said.
On Monday, the woman asked Jaishankar, a sanitation worker at the hospital, for some assistance after which he took her to the third floor of the hospital, telling her that the doctors were there, and allegedly raped her in the toilet, the officer said.
Following the woman’s complaint, the police detained the accused, Jaishankar (25), and are interrogating him, he said, adding, a case has been registered and the woman has been sent for a medical examination. PTI COR ABN ABN ARB SKY SKY
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