A 21-year-old woman was allegedly molested by a nursing orderly at Delhi Government run Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri area on Sunday. The accused, identified as Umed Singh Yadav, was arrested from the hospital on Sunday night after the woman lodged a complaint against him, a senior police officer of outer district said on Monday.
“A case under Section 354 of the IPC (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) has been registered,” said the police officer.
The woman had been staying with her pregnant sister, who has been admitted to the maternity ward of the hospital for the last three to four days.
When she was in the ward with her brother-in-law at around 10 pm on Sunday, Yadav came and tried to hold her. When she resisted and pushed him away, he verbally abused her, the victim told the police in her statement.
When her brother-in-law stepped in, Yadav also threatened him, police said.
The hospital staff then intervened and Yadav was taken away. The Woman informed the Police Control Room (PCR) and the accused nursing orderly was subsequently arrested, the police official added.
In her complaint, the victim had also alleged that the accused had been harassing her right from the time she got her sister admitted to the hospital and was accosting her wherever she went.
“We are trying to ascertain whether the accused was drunk at the time of the incident and have sent his blood samples to the lab,” added the officer.