Doctor arrested in Assam hit-and-run case
The Hindu
He allegedly helped accused model evade the police by admitting her to a private hospital’s ICU
A Guwahati-based senior doctor, who had allegedly helped a model and ex-Miss India finalist evade the police by admitting her to the ICU of a private hospital, was arrested on Sunday after three days of interrogation.
Rajkanya Baruah, the 29-year-old model had checked into the private hospital on October 5 citing poor health after the police had summoned her in connection with a hit-and-run case at about 2 a.m. on October 2. Neurosurgeon Navanil Barua had reportedly facilitated her admission.
But a six-member medical board found that her condition was not so bad that she needed to be in an ICU. The police arrested her the following day on a couple of charges, including an attempt to culpable homicide for injuring eight road workers, while the legs of a ninth worker had to be amputated.