New Delhi: In yet another shocking sexual crime involving a Covid-19 afffected female, a minor girl, who tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to a Covid care centre in Delhi, was sexually assaulted allegedly by another patient inside the facility.
Police have arrested the accused and a second person who allegedly filmed the assault. Police said they received a complaint from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), who are managing the centre.
Only recently, a man was booked by police for allegedly raping a woman at a quarantine centre in Navi Mumbai.Reports said both the accused and the woman had been placed in quarantine.
According to reports, the woman had been in the quarantine centre for five days. The accused befriended her while visiting his brother who had been infected with Covid-19. The accused himself was admitted to the centre after he showed symptoms of coronavirus infection.
The man allegedly went to the victim’s room. When she told him she was having leg pain, he claimed he is a doctor and offered to give her a leg massage. He then sexually assaulted her, it is said.
Police have have booked the accused under sections 376 (rape) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman) of the Indian Penal Code.