Shahjahanpur

A father, his son and around 20 unidentified persons have been booked on charges including outraging modesty and attempted abduction after trainee nurses were allegedly attacked inside the Shahjahanpur Government Medical College, police said on Monday.

Superintendent of Police Saurabh Dixit said the FIR was registered late Sunday night after a police inquiry into complaints filed by both sides over the incident that took place on Friday.

According to the FIR, the dispute began when relatives of a woman undergoing dialysis, identified as Lata Singh, suspected that a trainee nurse was recording a video of the patient.

"The patient's attendants allegedly assaulted the trainee nurse, pulled her by the hair and also attacked another nurse," Dixit told PTI.

He said the FIR further alleged that the patient's relatives later called several other persons, who entered the dialysis unit, vandalised the facility and assaulted the nurses.

"The accused allegedly attempted to force one of the nurses into a car and also inappropriately touched her private parts," the SP said.

Dixit said a case had been registered against a father, his son and about 20 unidentified persons under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and efforts were underway to identify the remaining accused through CCTV footage installed at the medical college.

On Sunday evening, the trainee nurses met Shahjahanpur Mayor Archana Verma and alleged that they were receiving threats and being pressured to withdraw their complaint.

Meanwhile, a video circulating on social media purportedly shows one of the trainee nurses alleging that the attackers were linked to a BJP MLA from the Dadraul assembly constituency. When contacted, Dadraul MLA Arvind Singh declined to comment on the allegation.

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Police said the investigation is underway.