CCTV footage shows nursing staff going to the bed and covering it with curtains (Representational)
Jaipur:
A 24-year-old woman admitted in the ICU of a private hospital was allegedly raped by a nursing assistant in Rajasthan’s Alwar district today, police said.
Police said that the woman was hospitalized due to lung infection and was undergoing treatment in the ICU. She told that accused Chirag Yadav allegedly raped her at around 4 in the morning.
The police officer said that the victim also alleged that when she raised an alarm, the accused gave her an injection to render her unconscious.
The woman later regained consciousness when her husband called her on her mobile, the police officer said. After this he narrated his ordeal to his family.
“We have taken the accused into custody and he is being interrogated. We have also examined the CCTV footage in which he is seen going near the bed and covering it with a curtain,” he said.
Police said an FIR has been registered and investigation is underway.
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