Gang rape survivor made to wait for 12 hrs in police van for medical examination

A gang rape survivor in Odishas Keonjhar district alleged that she had to wait in a police van for 12 hours for her medical examinationThe incident took place in Anandapur subdivision of the district after a case of gang rape was registered at the Soso police station on ThursdayThe 37yearold woman was taken in a police van to Anandapur subdivisional hospital on Thursday morning where doctors refused to undertake her medical examination as the place of occurrence of the crime was under Salania Community Health Centre CHC areaThe police personnel accompanying the woman then took her to Salania CHC She was made to sit in the police van as there was no lady doctor at Salania CHC to conduct medical examinationThe police again brought back the woman to Anandapur subdivisional hospital where the doctors at about 930 pm of Thursday conducted her preliminary examinationI was told that the full medical examination could not be conducted during the night time Therefore I was told to come on Friday the survivor saidHowever the woman finally got her complete medical examination done on Friday police saidAlso Read Maharashtra Teenage girl gangraped in Palghar village eight heldThe doctors referred us to Anandapur government hospital as there was no lady doctor there We also go through unavoidable problems Its not that we intentionally delayed the medical examination said Soso Police Station InspectorinCharge Pradip Kumar SethiThe womans relatives alleged that the police brought the gang rape survivor to Soso police station from Anandapur Subdivisional hospital a distance of 40 kilometres at 9 am on Thursday However finally the doctor attended to her at 930 pmWhen contacted Keonjhar Chief District Medical Officer CDMO Kishore Chandra Prustys office said he was on leave All other senior health department officials refused to comment on the issueThe gang rape incident took place on January 18 Wednesday when the survivor was returning from her relatives house along with her cousin Three youths allegedly forcibly lifted the woman after assaulting her cousinThe miscreants took turn and raped her at Gohirabai area the woman said in her FIRThe survivor has lodged a complaint at Soso Police Station and investigation was on No one was arrested till Friday night police saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever