Handball player molested by Ward Boy at private hospital near Ara, accused held

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Ara : A Ward Boy allegedly molested a national level Handball player at private ‘Kaushalya Samay Hospital’ located on Zero Mile under Udwantnagar police station in Bhojpur district on August 9, 2019, late evening, on the pretext of giving her a massage to give her relief from pain. Police arrested the Ward Boy on the complaint of the girl.

An FIR has been lodged by Udwantnagar police station against the Ward Boy on the statement of the girl and police are investigating into the incident with the help of CCTV footage. Later, the police sent the accused to jail.

SHO, Udwantnagar police station, Sanjay Kumar Sinha said that the girl from Jagdishpur police station area in Bhojpur district had fallen from the roof of her house on August 6, 2019, and was seriously injured. She was admitted to  private ‘Kaushalya Samay Hospital’, Zero Mile under Udwantnager police station. The doctor admitted her to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital.

On August 9 night, Ward Boy Suryakant Verma of Godhna Road under Nawada police station, Ara,  came to her and molested her when she was sleeping. When she woke up and protested, he said that he was giving her a massage for relief from pain allegedly on  the advice of doctor and the massage would continue the whole night. He also threatened to inject if she protested.

The girl kept quiet a that time but on August 10 early morning,  she informed her elder sister about the incident who complained to police. SHO, Udwantnagar police station,rushed to the spot and arrested Suryakant Verma on the complaint of the Handball player and sent him to jail. The SHO said that police are investigating the case on the basis of the CCTV footage.

The girl said that her family members had complained to the employees of the hospital too but they did not take any action and advised her to keep quiet instead. After this, her family members complained to SHO, Udwantnagar police station, about the incident.