Two ambulance staff were arrested on Friday for allegedly raping an unconscious woman inside the emergency vehicle in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya. The woman was being taken to the hospital after losing consciousness during the Home Guard recruitment drive.
According to the police, on July 24, during the physical run at Bodh Gaya, the woman collapsed and fell unconscious. She was immediately taken to an ambulance stationed at the site.
“The woman later alleged that while en route to the hospital, she was sexually assaulted inside the ambulance by the driver and accompanying staff,” said a police officer.
Accordingly, the details were relayed to police, and the Gaya SSP formed a special investigation team under the supervision of the City Superintendent of Police and led by the Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Bodh Gaya. The Forensic Science Laboratory were called in to collect evidence from the scene and review nearby CCTV footage.
“Based on her medical examination, her statement, and video surveillance, the two accused were identified and arrested within two hours of receiving the complaint,” said the police.
The accused have been identified as Vinay Kumar, an ambulance driver residing in Utren village of Konch police station area in Gaya district, and Ajit Kumar, a technician from Chandpur village of Telhara police station area in Nalanda district.
Gaya Senior Superintendent of Police said, “A chargesheet will be submitted after a rapid investigation. A prompt trial will be ensured so that the guilty are given strict punishment.”
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Posting about the alleged incident on social media, Bihar Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, “Dear brothers and respected Prime Minister… In Bihar, would you call this demon’s rule? Would you call it a depraved state protected by criminals? Or a state of utter lawlessness? Or would you call it the misrule of Modi-Nitish? In this monstrous rule of Modi and Nitish, every day the dignity of mothers, sisters, daughters, and children is being violated, but not a single minister or deputy chief minister dares to utter a word about the uncontrolled incidents of crime, rape, and corruption.”
“The silence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his two so-called deputies on such burning issues is criminal. If even after such incidents, the blood of supposedly enlightened and justice-loving people does not boil, then understand that such people are outright hardcore casteists and extremely biased,” he said.
