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The defendant and another man who allegedly filmed the incident were arrested.
A 14-year-old girl in a Covid-19 quarantine center in the Indian capital, Delhi, was allegedly sexually assaulted by another patient inside the facility.
The defendant, 19, and another man who allegedly filmed the incident were arrested, police said Thursday.
All three had tested positive with mild symptoms and were quarantined at India’s largest Covid-19 facility, a 10,000-bed facility.
The news of the alleged assault, which took place on July 15, has just come out.
Police told The Indian Express newspaper that they had registered a case against the two men.
“The defendants were arrested and sent to judicial custody, but will remain in institutional care until they recover from the infection,” said senior official Parvinder Singh, adding that they are investigating the incident.
The alleged assault took place in the bathroom, according to several local media reports.
Authorities were called after the girl first reported the crime to a family member who was at the center with her.
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The quarantine center, considered the largest in the world, is intended for those who are asymptomatic or have mild infections but do not have the option of isolation at home.
With more than 1.2 million cases and the third highest number of cases in the world, the pandemic has severely affected India, prompting many states to establish isolation rooms.
But this is not the first time that an assault has been reported from these quarantine facilities in India.
Last week, a woman was allegedly assaulted while quarantined at a center in Mumbai, and a man was arrested in Patna in Bihar state after a minor was raped inside an isolation room in the city.
