Bihar: Rape sufferer dies at Patna hospital, Congress accuses Nitish govt of being insensitive

The minor was raped on May 26 in her village in Muzaffarpur and delivered to the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on Saturday in a crucial situation, an official mentioned.

The rape sufferer, referred to PMCH, was left ready in an ambulance for a number of hours on Saturday, allegedly because of the unavailability of a hospital mattress, state Congress president Rajesh Ram alleged.

A purported video of the incident had gone viral on social media, exposing the “insensitivity of the federal government and the hospital administration, he claimed.

PTI could not independently confirm the authenticity of the video.

Reacting to the incident, Leader of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, in a put up on X on Sunday, wrote, “The brutality in opposition to a minor Dalit woman in Muzaffarpur and the next negligence in her remedy is extraordinarily shameful. If she had obtained well timed remedy, her life may have been saved. But the double-engine authorities was negligent not solely in offering safety but in addition in saving her life. We is not going to sit quietly till the sufferer’s household will get justice. Strict motion needs to be taken in opposition to the culprits and negligent officers.”

Ram was current on the PMCH together with the social gathering’s media cell Bihar in-charge Rajesh Rathore throughout the admission of the rape sufferer on Saturday.

“The girl died this morning. Her throat and chest were brutally slashed by the accused. He had also attempted to kill her by slitting her throat. Her vocal cords were damaged, and she was unable to speak. The accused was arrested,” a police officer mentioned.

The state Congress chief on Sunday claimed, “It is a heart-wrenching incident and an insult to our state, headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.”

He alleged, “The victim died as the law and order and the health system in the state have collapsed. The NDA government in the state and the PMCH administration are solely responsible for the death of the girl. The incident has exposed the insensitivity of the government, the CM and the PMCH.”

Rathore mentioned the survivor had been referred to PMCH from Muzaffarpur and her relations reached the state-run hospital at 11 am on Saturday.

“It took the hospital administration more than four hours to provide her a bed, and she was finally admitted there after 3 pm. She was admitted after our intervention. The girl succumbed to her injuries on Sunday morning,” the Congress chief claimed.

Later within the day, Congress employees staged protests throughout the state in opposition to the NDA authorities and the PMCH administration.

In Patna, Congress employees, led by the chief of the state social gathering unit, held a protest close to the Income Tax Golumber and burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and state Health Minister Mangal Pandey.

They additionally demanded the resignation of Pandey over the difficulty.

“The legislation and order scenario has utterly collapsed within the state. There is not any rule of legislation within the state. The CM and BJP leaders haven’t any concern for crimes that are being dedicated underneath the safety of the ruling events. The CM has turn out to be deaf and dumb…he’s merely sustaining a stoic silence over the difficulty,” the Bihar Congress chief alleged.

Despite repeated makes an attempt, Pandey couldn’t be reached for feedback on the allegations.

The accused lured the minor on the pretext of providing chocolate close to her aunt’s home and took her to a maize discipline. He raped the woman there, the police mentioned.