A mentally-challenged minor girl was allegedly sexually abused by a 35-year-old liftman in GB Pant Hospital here, police said on Monday. The 15-year-old girl went to the hospital with her father and the incident took place when he left her in the waiting hall to get the doctor’s appointment.
The accused, Mohd Zafar, was arrested within hours, and is suspected to have raped other patients too.“The girl was alone in the waiting hall during evening hours. The accused took her to a room on pretext of getting her some tests and assaulted her,” a police official said.
Her father found her lying on the floor weeping. After revealing what happened victim’s father approached the police on Saturday after which an FIR was registered.Dr SP Jayant, medical superintendent, GB Pant Hospital, said, “We were unaware of the incident until the media approached us as nobody from the administration was informed. The liftman was a contract-based employee and was not officially the hospital’s employee. Nonetheless, we will cooperate with police with all the information they need. We continually assure that our staff behaves appropriately with all patients and their kin.”