Police entered the emergency ward of All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Rishikesh to arrest a nursing officer for allegedly molesting a female doctor.
But the way police carried out this Bollywood-like arrest on Tuesday (May 21) has raised a few eyebrows, with people on social media saying that they could have handled this case better.
The viral video shows a white-coloured police car driving through a crowded emergency ward and patients seen on stretchers. The patients, caregivers, and some staff were moved to the side to make way for the SUV car.
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Uttarakhand cops received a tip that a molestation accused was working in the emergency ward on 4th floor of AIIMS Rishikesh.
Parking the jeep and taking lift would have wasted precious 10 minutes and 50 calories, so they drove up the patient ramp and reached the 4th floor in… pic.twitter.com/brOc8AeiCm — THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) May 23, 2024
Rishikesh police officer Shankar Singh Bisht told news agency PTI that a nursing officer allegedly sexually harassed a femaledoctor inside an operation theatre at the premier health facility.
The suspect, Satish Kumar, had also allegedly sent an obscene message to the doctor, police said.
SSP Dehradun reached the hospital for investigation, and as per local reports, mentioned that the incident took place on the fourth floor of AIIMS Rishikesh.
Medical Superintendent Sanjiv Kumar Mittal said the resident doctors gathered outside the office of the Dean (Academics) and raised slogans.
They said the suspension was not enough for the offence he had committed, demanding the nursing officer's immediate termination from service.
According to Mittal, they also asked for the suspension of assistant nursing superintendent ANS Sinoj who had put the nursing officer on duty.
(With inputs from agencies)