No Ambulance, Assam Woman Walking Home From Hospital Allegedly Raped

Assam Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said ambulances should be made available to Covid-negative patients for returning home.

A woman was allegedly raped by two men in Assam's Charaideo district while she and her daughter were returning from a hospital, where they had gone for COVID-19 testing. The woman from the tea tribe community was returning from the hospital after testing negative when the two men kidnapped her, took her to a nearby tea garden and committed the crime, police sources have said. The incident happened on May 27 and was reported to the police two days later, sources have said. "Few days ago, our family tested positive for COVID-19 and we are under home isolation for one week. After my father and mother's health worsened, we were admitted to a hospital," the daughter of the survivor said.