BJP youth leader booked for ‘sexually harassing’ doctor inside Madhya Pradesh hospital

She further alleged that when she warned them of a police complaint, the accused told the staff to “do whatever you want” before fleeing the hospital.

Additional Superintendent of Police Narendra Solanki said an FIR had been registered based on the doctor’s complaint. “A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita based on the complaint of the woman doctor. Considering the seriousness of the allegations, efforts are being made to arrest both accused at the earliest,” he said.

Protests

The incident sparked protests by doctors and nursing staff, who suspended work and blocked the main entrance to the medical college, disrupting healthcare services for several hours. Protesting doctors alleged that despite informing police and the hospital administration immediately after the incident, the accused managed to leave the premises before they could be detained.

Doctors claimed the incident highlighted persistent concerns over the safety of healthcare workers, particularly women doctors on night duty.

The protest was called off after senior police and district officials assured doctors that action would be taken. However, the Madhya Pradesh Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) warned that junior doctors across the state would launch a work boycott if the accused are not arrested within 24 hours.

The local resident doctors’ association wrote to the dean and the hospital superintendent, alleging that the hospital’s security response was “inadequate”.

They claimed that security personnel present at the spot “failed to take immediate and effective action against the accused, and instead, behaved casually with him”, reflecting what the association described as a “serious lapse in security arrangements”.

The incident, they said, has “created a sense of insecurity among women doctors and other hospital staff”.

Police have since stepped up security at the medical college campus while continuing efforts to trace the accused.

BJP Yuva Morcha state president Shyam Tailor said he was yet to receive details of the case. “At present, this matter is not in my knowledge. I will first ascertain the facts and only then be in a position to comment,” he said.