Woman sleeping next to ill son molested in Kolkata's hospital

A 26-year-old woman was allegedly molested by a health worker when she was sleeping in a government-run hospital in Kolkata, where her child was admitted for treatment. According to the woman's complaint, the incident happened when she was asleep in the children's ward of Kolkata's Institute of Child Health (ICH), where her child was admitted for treatment.

The accused, identified as Tanay Pal, who used to work as a ward boy in the hospital, entered the children's ward, inappropriately touched and disrobed the woman, the complaint said. The complaint added that the accused recorded the incident on his mobile phone.

The incident comes weeks after a trainee doctor was raped and murdered at government-run RG Kar hospital in Kolkata. A civic volunteer, Sanjay Roy, was arrested the next day in connection with the crime. Upon receiving the complaint about the incident, the Kolkata Police filed an FIR under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and arrested the accused.

The police also seized Pal's mobile phone and sent it for forensic examination. Later, he was produced before a local court, which sent him to police custody.