Assam: A woman doctor was found killed with her neck slit in the Intensive Care Unit of a medical college in Assam Friday May 9.
According to the police, possibly after a failed rape attempt the girl was murdered. The police have arrested the ward boy of the ICU with scratches on his face, raising suspicion that he could have attempted to outrage the modesty of 24-year-old Sarita Tashniwal before driving a surgical knife through her neck.
Sarita hailed from Sivasagar district and was pursuing her MD course in obstetrics and gynecology; she was scheduled to get married on July 7 with a fellow-doctor Roshan Agarwal, who is also undergoing his PG course at the AMCH.
Dibrugarh superintendent of police Rana Bhuyan said that the accused Tiru Mech confessed to killing Sarita after she allegedly misbehaved with him.
“He also claimed to have been disturbed for some family reasons but we are looking at all angles,” Bhuyan added.
Sarita’s body was discovered by nurses in a pool of blood at the ICU bed, which is adjacent to the doctors’ rest room, at around 8 am in the morning.
Police said Sarita had gone for rest at the doctors’ room at around 5am. She was on duty since 10 pm last night.
After interrogating four people, including Sarita’s colleagues, police arrested the ward boy.
A police official part of the investigating team said there are “fresh injury marks” on the face of Mech.
“It could be that before stabbing her, Tiru tried to outrage Sarita’s modesty and she resisted resulting in his injuries,” the official added.
Police have also collected footage of CCTV cameras installed in the medical college.
Meanwhile, junior doctors at the Assam Medical College and Hospital launched an indefinite protest, demanding proper security arrangement in the institute. The junior doctors demonstrated in front of the institute shouting slogans demanding justice to the victim.
The agitating doctors also submitted a memorandum to the AMCH management and Dibrugarh district administration.