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Odisha: Rape survivor made to wait 12 hours for medical exam
Updated On: 22 January, 2023 09:27 AM IST | Keonjhar | Agencies
The police brought her back to Anandapur sub-divisional hospital where the doctors finally at about 9.30 pm on Thursday, conducted her preliminary examination

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A gang rape survivor in Odisha’s Keonjhar district alleged that she had to wait in a police van for 12 hours for her medical examination. The incident took place in Anandapur sub-division of the district after a case of gang rape was registered at the Soso police station on Thursday. The 37-year-old woman was taken in a police van to Anandapur sub-divisional hospital on Thursday morning, where doctors refused to undertake her medical examination as the place of occurrence of the crime was under Salania Community Health Centre area.
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