Police drive SUV through emergency ward, up to 6th floor to arrest AIIMS Rishikesh staffer accused of sexual harassment

Describing Wednesday’s incident, the SSP said, “When the police reached on Wednesday, the AIIMS security in-charge said that we need to remove the accused from the ward, otherwise things could escalate and even result in mob lynching. To ensure a safe exit, we took the passage used by ambulances to carry serious patients.”

“The police SUV reached the sixth floor because it was hard to safely bring the accused on foot, and arrested the accused. When returning, the protesters saw the SUV and chased it. On the first floor, the SUV was surrounded and the AIIMS security personnel decided to create a passage through the emergency ward to let it exit. The video making rounds is of the first-floor emergency ward,” Singh said.

Earlier on Wednesday, the state Women’s Commission Chairperson, Kusum Kandwal, had reached the institute and met the victim, as well as the Dean, Dr Jaya Chaturvedi, and other women doctors to get information about the case.

Kandwal then directed Dehradun District Magistrate (DM) to immediately constitute an investigation committee.