Kerala Official Allegedly Rapes Woman Who Needed COVID-19 Papers, Arrested

Thiruvananthapuram:

A well being reputable in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram has been arrested for allegedly raping a 44-year-old lady, who was once searching for a coronavirus unfavorable certificates from him.

The complainant has alleged that the reputable, who’s a junior well being inspector at a number one well being centre, had allegedly requested her to return to his space to get the certificates, police stated. On achieving his space, the lady stated she was once allegedly wrongfully confined, tied-up, bodily assaulted and raped.

The girl was once operating as a house nurse at Malappuram, had returned to her house at Kulathupuzha lately and was once requested to go through quarantine through the reputable.

She underwent an antigen check which was once unfavorable and was once advised through the person to gather the check certificates from his flat the place she was once allegedly raped and allowed to depart simplest the next day to come, police stated.

“The reputable allegedly bodily assaulted her, tied her arms and mouth for a while in between, and raped her. The clinical exam has been finished. Additional investigation is underway. A case has been registered underneath phase 376 of the IPC,” Circle Inspector Suneesh advised NDTV.

Kerala Well being Minister KK Shailaja has ordered for the suspension of the reputable, known as Pradeep, from carrier, pending enquiry.

The Girls’s fee has additionally registered a case towards the reputable.

The incident comes an afternoon after an ambulance driving force was once arrested for the alleged rape of a 19-year-old lady in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta, in accordance with a grievance.

Initial probe means that he was once employed through the corporate closing yr with out a police clearance certificates.

“He has been terminated from the carrier. We had despatched a number of reminders to few of the recruits soliciting for the police clearance certificate to be submitted. The accused had submitted a letter announcing he has asked for a police clearance certificates however didn’t post any,” a senior reputable of GVK EMRI advised NDTV.

Condemning each circumstances, chief of the opposition within the state meeting Ramesh Chennithala stated the 2 incidents of rape has introduced disgrace to the state. Those incidents displays the “critical lapses” at the a part of the well being division, information company PTI quoted him as announcing.

(With inputs from PTI)