Nagaland doctor at AIIMS Gorakhpur molested, stalked for 1.5 km; Meghalaya CM says ‘deeply shameful’

Taking serious note of the incident, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma demanded stringent actions against the perpetrators. “Racial discrimination and sexual harassment of women from the North East should not just be a headline, sensationalized, forgotten and revived every time a fresh incident appears. The racial and sexual abuse of a resident Doctor of AIIMS Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, from Nagaland is deeply shameful. Outraging a woman’s modesty is not what a civilized nation should tolerate. They are your sisters and daughters too. Urge the authorities to take stringent actions against the perpetrators,” he wrote in a post on X.

What transpired

According to police, the case came to light on Monday after a complaint was filed, following which a police team went to AIIMS and recorded the victim’s statement. 

Citing the woman’s complaint, police said she had gone to a mall to buy some items and was returning to the institute when three men on a motorcycle began following her. 

Police said the accused allegedly passed lewd remarks and verbally abused her as she walked back to AIIMS. The victim also alleged that the accused touched her inappropriately and made obscene gestures till she reached Gate number 2 of AIIMS. When she raised an alarm, the accused fled the spot after issuing threats of dire consequences. 

The victim reached her hostel and told her colleagues about the incident, who informed higher authorities.

Police said the accused, Suraj Gupta (22), Amrit Vishwakarma (21) and Aditya Rao (23), were traced through CCTV footage collected from the mall, AIIMS premises, and cameras installed along roads and buildings located between the two points. 

Police said the men are residents of the neighbouring Deoria district. Suraj runs a fruit shop, while Amrit operates a general merchandise store in Deoria. 

Both were arrested from near their homes. Police also seized the vehicles allegedly used in the commission of the crime. 

Police said the accused have been booked on charges of assault or use of criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, engaging in obscene acts, criminal intimidation, and intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of peace.

The Congress also condemned the incident. Hitting out at the BJP, it wrote in a post on X: “What happened on February 22 in Gorakhpur is a chilling reminder of how unsafe our country has become for women, especially women from the Northeast… Under the rule of Narendra Modi, such incidents are becoming routine. Hatred, racial abuse, and violence are going unchecked…”