A woman who tested positive for COVID-19 was allegedly raped by an ambulance driver while being taken to hospital on Saturday night at Pathanamthitta district in Indian State of Kerala, police said.
Pathanamthitta district police superintendent K G Simon said the ambulance driver, Noufal, was taken into custody and his arrest was recorded. The driver, who hailed from Alappuzha district, was part of the state health department’s “108 ambulance service” The police said he is also an accused in an attempt to murder case registered in 2019.
The SP said Noufal took the ambulance to a deserted ground on the way to the hospital and raped the woman. On reaching the hospital, the woman narrated the incident to the hospital staff who informed the police.
Police have recorded the statement of the victim. She was given special counselling at the COVID hospital where she is being treated.