Nagpur: The Dhantoli police have arrested a man for allegedly sexually abusing a 77-year-old paralysed woman at a private hospital in Nagpur. The accused is a friend of her son and had gone to the hospital to take care of her.
The incident took place on Wednesday when the accused, who is 39 years old, was visiting a friend whose mother had been hospitalized after suffering a paralysis stroke, an official said.
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He offered to stay with her in the hospital room while his friend stepped out to get medicines.
When a nurse entered the room by opening its latched door, she saw that he was sexually assaulting the woman who was unconscious, the police official said.
The hospital staff nabbed the man after the nurse raised alarm and handed him over to the police.
The accused was arrested under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code, the official said, adding that the elderly woman was being provided medical as well as psychological support.
Further investigation is underway.
team had earlier reported that the Kasaba police arrested a senior paediatrician under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually abusing a minor girl during a medical examination at his private clinic in Kerala's Kozhikode district. A senior paediatrician had been arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a girl during a medical examination at his private clinic in Kerala's Kozhikode district, police said. The accused was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act based on the complaint filed by the girl’s parents. Kasaba police said he was arrested and produced before a local court on the same day, but he got admitted to the government medical college hospital here citing health issues.
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