GUWAHATI: As crimes against women continue to surge amid this pandemic across India, in a horrific incident, a woman hailing from Assam's Charaideo district was raped by two men on May 29 while she was returning back from the hospital with her daughter.
According to reports, the incident took place when the victim was returning home from the hospital after tested negative for COVID-19.
Notably, the victim who belongs to a community of tea garden workers who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19 along with her family were under home isolation, however, due to deteriorating health conditions the family was later shifted to a nearby hospital.
Meanwhile, the husband of the victim was released on Thursday after he tested negative followed by the woman and the daughter who was released after testing negative on Saturday.
Unbale to arrange transport due to the ongoing curfew, the victim was forced to walk back home.
While heading back home, the woman and daughter were chased by two men in the Dhudarai area at around 7 PM and managed to take her to a nearby tea garden and raped her, however, the daughter somehow managed to run away and later informed nearby villagers who found the woman in a critical condition.
Currently, the woman is undergoing treatment and the police are yet to nab the culprits.
On the other hand, a 45-year-old Covid infected woman, who was allegedly gang-raped by three employees of a private hospital in Patna, died on May 28.
The deceased woman's daughter claimed that her mother was admitted to the Paras HMRI Hospital in Patna on May 15.
"She had symptoms of Covid-19 and hence we had admitted her to the Paras HMRI Hospital. Her health condition was good though. She had walked into the hospital on May 15," the daughter said.
"My mother was sexually assaulted by three persons inside the hospital ICU on May 16. She had informed me about the incident. Since then her health condition deteriorated. I spoke to my relatives and the women's wing of the Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) about the incident," the deceased woman's daughter said.
Further, the matter was taken up by the hospital management, and an internal inquiry was done based on the same. After the investigation, the hospital management had shared its conclusion with the appropriate authorities that such an incident did not happen in the premises of the hospital."
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