Hyderabad (Telangana), Aug. 18: Telangana Home Minister on Tuesday directed the local police to expeditiously probe the charge of rape of a woman in a government hospital by an attendant.

 

The minister has asked the police officials to speedily probe the allegations of rape made by a woman, attendant of a patient, at a state-run hospital in Hyderabad, even as opposition Congress held a protest on the issue.

 

The minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali, along with State Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud, held a meeting with police and other officials and directed them to conduct a thorough and swift investigation into the alleged incident, an official release said.

 

Observing that the state government has taken up several initiatives for women’s safety and security, the ministers asserted that tough action would be taken against those causing trouble.

 

City police commissioner Anjani Kumar reportedly said that special police teams have been formed to nab those involved. The state women’s commission chairperson Sunita Laxmareddy visited the government Gandhi hospital and spoke to the hospital superintendent on the issue.

 

Meanwhile, workers of the women wing of local Congress held a protest at the Ambedkar statue near Hussain Sagar lake here, demanding stern action.

 

A 38-year-old woman, an attendant of a patient, has alleged she was raped at a state-run hospital here. On August 5, the woman along with her sister came to the hospital for treatment of some ailment of her brother-in-law and got him admitted there.

 

After her brother-in-law got discharged a few days ago, she filed a complaint with police on Monday stating that one person who claimed that he was an outsourced employee at the hospital had allegedly raped her; the agency report said quoting a local police official.

 

It may be recalled that the Life News had on Tuesday carried the story about the incident of rape in the government hospital.