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Health dept distances itself from rape accused
Gaya: The health department has clarified that the ambulance driver and technician accused of raping a home guard job aspirant in Gaya are not its regular employees but were hired through a private agency.
The alleged incident took place on July 24 when the woman was raped inside a slow-moving ambulance between the Bihar Military Police (BMP) ground and Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital.
Speaking to reporters, Gaya civil surgeon Dr Raja Ram Prasad said, "Both the driver and the technician are not regular employees of the health department. Their recruitment was done by a private agency engaged at the state level.
Therefore, the question of departmental action against them does not arise."
When asked whether background checks had been conducted before the duo were deployed, the civil surgeon said, "It is for the agency to explain."
On the medical report of the survivor, Bodh Gaya SDPO Saurav Jaiswal said it was expected to be made available soon. "The sealed report will be received by the investigating officer, Rinku Kumari," he said.
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Gaya SSP Anand Kumar said the survivor's statement would be recorded before a judicial magistrate. "The statement will be taken under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which is the amended version of Section 164 of the CrPC," he said.
Meanwhile, questions have been raised over possible administrative lapses at the recruitment venue. Authorities have yet to clarify whether a doctor was present at the site or who authorised the woman's hospitalisation without standard precautions, such as ensuring a woman attendant accompanied her.
