Woman Sleeping Beside Ailing Son At Kolkata Hospital Molested Amid Outrage Over RG Kar Horror

Amid the nationwide outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a 26-year-old woman was allegedly molested by a health worker when she was sleeping along her ailing child at a government-run hospital in the metropolis.

According the complaint file by the victim, the incident took place at the children’s ward of Kolkata’s Institute of Child Health (ICH) where her child was admitted and getting treatment, reported India Today.

According to the complaint, the accused, Tanay Pal (26) who was serving as a ward boy in the medical facility, entered the children’s ward and allegedly inappropriately touched and molested the child’s mother. Pal also recorded the incident on mobile, the complaint added.

The Kolkata Police took cognizance of the matter and lodged an FIR under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and arrested the accused.

The police also seized Pal’s mobile and sent it for forensic examination. Later, he was produced before a local court, which sent him to police custody.

BJP IT cell head and West Bengal in-charge Amit Malviya targeted Mamata Banerjee-led state government over the incident. He said that West Bengal run Govt hospitals are unsafe for women.

“West Bengal run Govt hospitals remain unsafe for women. After the brutal rape and murder of a young woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, a 26-year-old woman is now molested at the Kolkata Institute of Child Health. The victim was molested by a health worker, when she was sleeping next to her ailing child, admitted in the children’s ward. The accused touched the woman inappropriately, disrobed and filmed her on his mobile. All this, while Mamata Banerjee is unwilling to accept Junior Doctors’ demand for increased security, in West Bengal run Govt hospitals,” he said in a post on X.

Earlier this week, a woman was allegedly molested by a fellow passenger inside a moving bus in Kasba area of Kolkata. The incident took place around 9.30 am, when the woman started screaming following which the passengers caught hold of the accused and beat him up, they said.

He managed to deboard the bus and tried to flee, but people nearby stopped him and took him to the Kasba Police Station, an officer had said.

In another incident, a nurse was allegedly molested at a government-run hospital in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. The incident happened when the nurse was administering a saline drip to the man who was brought to the health centre on a stretcher due to a high fever.

During a routine procedure, a patient touched her inappropriately and used abusive language when confronted. After she filed a police complaint, the patient was arrested.

These incidents came weeks after a 31-year-old PG student was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. A civic volunteer, Sanjay Roy, was arrested the next day in connection with the heinous crime.