Was molested by a PHC employee, says woman

Ghaziabad: A 25-year-old woman has alleged that she was molested by a staff at a primary healthcare centre (PHC) in Khoda colony where she had gone for treatment on Wednesday.
The woman had come from Lucknow, where she lives with her husband, to visit her parents in Khoda for Rakshabandhan. In the complaint, she said that she was experiencing throat ache and had gone to the health centre to get it checked. The accused was alone at the facility and told her that he has to test her for Covid before consultation. He locked the door and started misbehaving with her, she alleged.
“Once the accused locked the gate, he asked the woman to undress herself and when she opposed, the man tried to hold her hands. Somehow, the woman escaped from the spot,” the complaint said. Bablu Kumar, the woman’s neighbour said that on Wednesday, patients were sent back from the PHC as the doctor wasn’t in.
The woman came home and narrated the incident to her mother. The two then informed the police and went to the PHC but found it locked. “Around 1 pm, the woman and her mother stood outside the health centre and started screaming. The woman’s mothers complained that the compounder of the hospital has molested her daughter,” Kumar said.
Anshu Jain, circle officer, Indirapuram said, “Action will be taken after police records the statement of the woman. We have detained the accused.”