Junior doctor murdered inside ICU by ward boy !!!

From: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-medical-student-killed-in-icu-by-a-ward-boy/article1-1217523.aspx

A junior woman doctor undergoing post-graduation at the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh was murdered at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the oldest healthcare institute in the northeast on Friday, possibly after a failed rape attempt.

File photo of Sarita Toshniwal, a post graduate medical student of the Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH) who was killed allegedly by a ward boy in Dibrugarh. (PTI photo)

Police have arrested the ward boy of the ICU with scratches on his face, raising suspicion that he could have attempted to outrage the modesty of 24-year-old Sarita Tashniwal before driving a surgical knife through her neck.

The incident brought back memories of the tragic Aruna Shaunbagh case of 1973 when the junior nurse was sexually assaulted by a ward boy at a Mumbai hospital. The victim has been in a vegetative state since the incident when the rapist tried to kill her by wrapping an iron chain around her neck.

Dibrugarh superintendent of police Rana Bhuyan said that the accused Tiru Mech confessed to killing Sarita after she allegedly misbehaved with him.

"He also claimed to have been disturbed for some family reasons but we are looking at all angles," Bhuyan added.

Sarita's body was discovered by nurses in a pool of blood at the ICU bed, which is adjacent to the doctors' rest room, at around 8 am in the morning.

The AMCH is one of the oldest medical institutes in eastern India, set up by British philanthropist Sir John Berry White, a retired brigadier of the British Army.

It was earlier known as the Berry White Medical School.