In a shocking incident, Pune's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/hadapsar-all" target="_blank">Hadapsar</a> police on Saturday arrested a ward boy for allegedly molesting a COVID-19 positive patient, who was undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a private hospital at Hadapsar.
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The accused identified as Ashok Namdeo Gawali (40) allegedly molested the 35-year-old COVID-19 positive patient by inappropriately touching her, reports <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/ward-boy-molests-covid-positive-patient-in-pune-hospital-s-icu-arrested/story-k1b5AqIDAMgtbmuGRRBEuK.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hindustan Times</a>. A police official said that the accused was wearing a mask when he went near the bed of the victim.
After reaching the victim's bed, he asked her whether she recognised him after lowering his face mask. A Pune police official said, "A case has been registered with Hadapsar police station of Pune against the 40-year-old ward boy of a private hospital in Pune for molesting the woman <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/coronavirus-all" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> patient admitted here."
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The accused then shared a personal detail with her, which the victim ignored. However, when she refused to share her mobile number, the ward boy physically molested her. At the same time, when a woman staff entered the ICU unit and identified the ward boy, he immediately left the room.
The Hadapsar police filed a case against the ward boy late on Friday night under section 354 of the IPC. "The victim lodged a complaint with Hadapsar after we sent the team to the hospital," police inspector Ramesh Sathe, who is investigating the case.
With inputs from agencies
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