Woman sleeping next to ailing son at Kolkata hospital molested, accused arrested

A 26-year-old woman was allegedly molested by a health worker when she was sleeping at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, where her child was admitted for treatment.
According to the woman’s complaint, the incident happened when she was sleeping in the children’s ward of Kolkata’s Institute of Child Health (ICH), where her ailing child was admitted.
The accused, identified as Tanay Pal (26), who used to work as a ward boy in the hospital, entered the children’s ward, inappropriately touched and disrobed the woman, the complaint said.
The accused also recorded the incident on his mobile phone, the complaint added.
The incident comes weeks after a trainee doctor was raped and murdered at government-run RG Kar hospital in Kolkata. A civic volunteer, Sanjay Roy, was arrested the next day in connection with the crime.
Upon receiving the complaint about the incident, the Kolkata Police filed an FIR under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and arrested the accused.
The police also seized Pal’s mobile phone and sent it for forensic examination. Later, he was produced before a local court, which sent him to police custody.
Earlier this month, a man was also arrested for allegedly molesting an on-duty nurse 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.
According to the nurse’s complaint to the police, the patient touched her inappropriately while she was attending to him. The nurse further alleged that the patient not only touched her inappropriately but also used offensive language towards her.
After the incident, the accused was arrested by the police.