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This is an archive article published on October 30, 2015
Delhi: Hospital guard held for ‘molesting’ patient
She stayed with her husband at the hospital while he was undergoing treatment. On Wednesday, however, the guard at the hospital allegedly misbehaved with her.
A 23-year-old guard at Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital was arrested on charges of molestation when a 29-year-old woman, the wife of a patient, complained to police that he misbehaved with her in the hospital’s washroom on Wednesday.
According to police, the woman, hailing from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh got her husband admitted in the neurology department of the hospital’s trauma centre on October 24.
She stayed with her husband at the hospital while he was undergoing treatment. On Wednesday, however, the guard at the hospital allegedly misbehaved with her.
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“The woman had gone to the washroom at around 10 pm. The guard who was stationed nearby also went in. He then pulled her into a cubicle and touched her inappropriately. The woman managed to free herself and raised an alarm. Those outside the washroom rushed in and held on to the guard till the police came,” a police officer said.
The guard, identified as Amod Kumar Choudhary, a resident of Mandawali Railway Colony, was arrested under section 354 (assault or criminal force on woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 342 (wrongful confinement) of the Indian Penal Code. The complainant’s statement was taken down.
RML authorities issued a statement on Thursday saying, “Security guard deployed through our source agency, Amod Kumar Choudhary, went into the toilet and misbehaved with the lady as per statement… He has been terminated from his duty with immediate effect. He is under police custody.”
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