According to the information, a lab technician named Alpesh Deshmukh was taking samples of Corona. He had taken a sample of a 23-year-old woman working in a mall in Amravati.
Court sentenced the accused to 10 years imprisonment.
Maharashtra (Maharashtra) a court of Amravati district (Court) has infected a person with the corono virus (Corona Virus) has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after being found guilty of taking samples from private parts of women on the pretext of taking samples for testing. The incident took place on July 20, 2020 at the Trauma Care Center Laboratory of the Government Hospital, Badnera.
According to the information, a lab technician named Alpesh Deshmukh was taking samples of Corona. He had taken a sample of a 23-year-old woman working in a mall in Amravati. The victim had come for her investigation after an employee of the mall was found positive, as she had come in contact with him. Later, the mall operator asked all the employees and their contacts to get a COVID test done. After the complaint, the accused was arrested in the case of molestation and rape. This shameful incident happened during the time when the country was battling the second wave of Corona epidemic.
Told the woman Corona positive
According to the Times Now report, the convict contacted the woman after some time and told her that her COVID-19 test had come positive and she would have to come back to the lab for further tests. The convict told the victim that he has to take a sample from her private part. He allegedly took a swab from the victim’s private part and later told her that she was corona negative.
sentenced to 10 years
The woman was not aware of the test, so she felt that such a test might be done. But later the woman informed her brother about the incident. When the victim’s brother contacted the hospital, he was told that no such test is required to detect COVID-19.
After this a formal complaint was lodged against the accused. The hearing of the case was going on in the Amravati Sessions Court. The court has now convicted the accused and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000. Earlier, social workers and political parties had demanded strict punishment for the accused.
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