Bihar Nurse Cuts Off Doctor’s Private Parts To Fend Off Gang-Rape Attempt At Samastipur Hospital

A nurse in Bihar's Samastipur narrowly escaped a gang-rape attempt by a doctor and his two associates. In self-defence, she injured the doctor's private parts with a blade.

Police have recovered the blade which was used by the victim in self-defence and a bottle of liquor from the spot (Image: PTI)

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Patna News: Amid outrage over the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital, a nurse at a private hospital in Bihar's Samastipur narrowly escaped a gang-rape attempt after a doctor and his two associates attacked him. In an attempt the escape the sexual assault, the woman grievously injured the private parts of a doctor with a blade, after he allegedly attacked her inside the medical establishment.

The incident reportedly took place at a private hospital in Samastipur's Musrigharari area on Wednesday night. The wounded doctor and his two associates were arrested after the incident, according to news agency PTI.

As per police, the accused doctor Sanjay Kumar, an administrator at RBS Health Care Centre, and his two associates Awadhesh Kumar and Sunil Kumar Gupta were in an inebriated condition when they assaulted the nurse. 

"According to the statement of the victim, the doctor and his two associates attempted to rape her inside a private hospital in Musrigharari area last night," PTI quoted Samastipur (Sadar) Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sanjay Kumar Pandey as saying.

"All three were in inebriated condition. The victim struck the doctor's private parts with a blade in self-defence and ran away. Thereafter, she dialled the helpline number 112 to inform about the incident from outside the hospital," the officer said.

A police team immediately reached the spot and rescued the victim. She was taken to the police station, where she registered her statement, based on which police filed a case against the accused. 

"Later, a team of police officials reached the hospital and nabbed the doctor and his two associates. The doctor is being treated at a hospital," the SDPO said.

"In the preliminary investigation, it was found out that the doctor and his associates had switched off the CCTV cameras and locked the hospital from inside before assaulting her," he said.

Police have recovered the blade which was used by the victim in self-defence and a bottle of liquor from the spot. Police have also filed a separate case against the accused under the provisions of the state prohibition laws. Notably, the prohibition law was enforced in Bihar in April 2016, banning the manufacture, sale or consumption of liquor in the state.