Bhubaneswar: A nursing officer at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar was arrested for ‘sexually harassing’ a woman attendant at the premier medical facility.
Accused nursing officer, identified as Nanu Ram Choudhury, was booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), after a complaint was lodged against him at the Khandagiri Police Station in the capital city on Monday, police sources said.
The woman attendant had alleged that she was sexually harassed and attempts were made to outrage her modesty by the male nursing officer.
Soon after the registration of the FIR, all the employees, including the woman attendant, of various outsourcing agencies engaged in AIIMS Bhubaneswar, started a demonstration outside the main gate of the hospital, seeking action against the accused.
The woman, in her complaint, claimed that the nursing officer called her to a doctor’s chamber around 1 am on Sunday and abused her. He had allegedly locked her inside and demanded undue favours while making physical advances at her.
The woman also claimed that she could manage to flee the spot and informed the hospital control room about the incident. “I demand justice and the arrest of the nursing officer. We are not safe at the hospital,” she told reporters.
Meanwhile, the AIIMS-Bhubaneswar referred the matter to its Internal Complaint Committee (ICC).
Amid growing tension on the campus over the issue, police initiated a probe and apprehended the accused official from a friend’s house late in the night.
