Overview
- A female attendant, hired through an outsourcing agency, alleges a late-night sexual harassment by a nursing officer who summoned her to a doctor’s chamber around 1 am on Sunday.
- She filed an FIR at Khandagiri police station on Monday and joined colleagues in staging a dharna at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar’s main gate demanding his arrest.
- Police have registered charges under BNS sections 74, 75 and 79 and are gathering prima facie evidence to examine the attendant’s allegations.
- The accused nursing officer, identified as Nanu Ram Choudhury, remains absconding and no arrest has been made so far.
- AIIMS-Bhubaneswar has not commented publicly and the protest outside its gates continues as staff seek accountability and improved workplace safety.