Accused arrested…
New Delhi: On Friday, a teenage girl was allegedly harassed at a hospital in the national capital, police informed.
According to the police, the victim is about 19 years old. She was in the hospital as an attendant with her sister-in-law in the New Medicine Block of LNJP Hospital, Delhi.
“On the intervening nights of July 19 and 20, at about 2.00 AM, when she went to the ground floor, one person stopped her from the back side and tried to get close to her,” said the Police.
The accused is identified as Manish, who is a resident of Shahdara, 40 years old, and was arrested as per the procedure, they added.
“A case under Section 354/354A IPC was registered at PS IP Estate,” said the police.
The police further added that “the accused was an attendant to his old-aged mother, who was admitted to the same block for heat-related illness. He works as a private security guard somewhere.”
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