PPE gang tries to rob MCH patient in Kolkata

KOLKATA: A gang of contractual employees at Medical College and Hospital that hatched a plan to hide behind PPE and rob patients was busted by the Bowbazar police.
So far, cops nabbed three persons, Rohit Manjhi, Ganeswar Rao and Dhyanvir Ram in the case. A patient from Basirhat was admitted iton the super speciality building and his bed (No. 772) was situated on the seventh floor.
On Thursday, a nurse on the rounds found that two men wearing PPE were asking the patient to remove her jewellery. “They were saying she should take them off as they would give the ornaments to her family waiting downstairs. They even brought food for the woman to convince her that her family had come downstairs,” said a source at Medical College. The nurse raised an alarm immediately but the accused managed to flee the spot.
The hospital authorities informed cops about the matter. “Since the two men were wearing PPE, it was difficult to trace them. But we used CCTV footages. We took the help of the hospital’s employees and detained one of the accused in the next few hours. By late night, we got enough evidence to arrest the three. The gang might have been involved in other theft cases,”said a police officer.