Two persons, including a 36-year-old woman patient, were arrested by the Vellore Taluk police on Monday (March 4, 2024) evening, for assaulting a second-year postgraduate medical student at the Government Medical College Hospital in Vellore.
Police said the arrested persons were identified as S. Subha (36), a resident of Sathumadurai village near Vellore town, and her friend R. Diwakar (35), a native of Tiruvannamalai.
According to police, Ms. Subha, a school teacher, was admitted at the hospital for a urinary tract infection, a week ago. She was treated at the women’s ward in the first block of the hospital.