Around 150 house surgeons practising under the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) staged a sit-in protest after a man allegedly tried to molest one of their colleagues on Wednesday. The accused was taken into custody by the police following intervention by the hospital authorities, a senior medical officer said.

The house surgeons protested outside the dean's office from Thursday, demanding safety of their female colleagues.