Nursing student abducted, gangraped in Tamil Nadu

The report comes days after the rape ad murder of a doctor in Kolkata triggered widespread protests. (file photo)

A nursing student was allegedly abducted, gangraped and later dumped at a railway station in Tamil Nadu, reports said on September 24.

The girl was allegedly abducted after she got down from a bus in Theni. The unidentified accused left her at the Dindigul Railway Station where she sought help from police.

The girl has been admitted to the Dindigul Government Medical College Hospital and is undergoing treatment, District Superintendent of Police, Pradeep said. An FIR has been registered and a probe is on, the officer said.

The report of sexual assault comes days after a trainee doctor was raped and murdered in Kolkata's RG Kar hospital, causing widespread outrage and protests.

The Supreme Court, which took a suo motu notice of the Kolkata incident, has called for better security and infrastructure for medical staff.

With agency inputs