Iraq woman molested in Gurgaon's Fortis hospital

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An Iraqi woman patient was allegedly molested by an employee at a prominent hospital chain, Fortis Memorial and Research Institute (FMRI), in Gurgaon. The police registered a case only after the Iraqi Embassy intervened.
The incident reportedly occurred in the hospital premises where the woman was admitted for liver infection after suffering abdominal pain.

The alleged incident occurred on May 5, 2016, while she was admitted in the hospital. The victim contacted the concerned police station to register her complaint but she was turned down by the local police, she claimed.
The woman then approached the Iraqi Embassy which took cognizance of the matter. The embassy shot a letter to the External Affairs Ministry which in turn wrote to Gurugram police recommending an FIR.
The hospital, though a highsecurity zone, is in the Millennium City, which the police sources say, has always been vulnerable to crimes against women. However, they say this was a new low.
When contacted, an official spokesperson of FMRI Gurugram said: "This is a case dating back two months allegedly involving a contractual worker employed by an external agency. The worker was immediately relieved of his duties.
The external agency is co-operating fully with the concerned authorities who are looking into the matter."

Hawa Singh, the PRO of Gurugram police, confirmed that an FIR has been registered under the IPC section 354A at the Sushant Lok police station on the basis of a letter received from the MEA Headquarters in New Delhi.
"In a letter received from the External Affairs Ministry, the victim has claimed that she was molested inside the hospital by an unknown employee. It was an old incident, still we have been verifying with the hospital officials," Hawa Singh told Mail Today.
FIR REGISTERED AGAINST AN UNKNOWN PERSON
He added, "The victim has not approached the local police following the incident which was reported in May. The investigation is underway and the management of Fortis hospital has been asked to submit the CCTV footage of that day. The victim has been asked to record the statement pertaining to this case before a magistrate.
Interestingly, the hospital knew about the alleged contractual employee and he was relieved from his duties, still the Gurugram police has registered an FIR against an unknown person.
Sources have said the local police deliberately delayed in registering the FIR in order to let the CCTV evidence destroyed automatically as the business entities have one month of footage storage capacity and hence, local police might not get the required evidence in this case.
 
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