Gaya: Two women attendants were allegedly molested at Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night - one near the X-Ray room and the other near the orthopaedic ward.

According to reports, the culprit, claiming to be a doctor, offered help to the women in treating patients.

One molested woman, a resident of Tekari police station area, said the incident took place while she was asleep near the X-ray room. The other attendant, too, was asleep when the culprit caught her by her hand. Medical College police station house officer L.B. Paswan said a case under Section 354 of IPC had been registered against an unknown offender. The two also provided the registration number of the bike the molester used to escape in.

Hospital superintendent Dr S.K. Sinha ruled out involvement of any doctor on duty. He said the hospital administration will offer the police all assistance in catching the culprit. On likely involvement of insiders, like an intern, Dr Sinha said stern action will be taken if an intern or other insider was involved. "The women claimed they could identify the culprit if he was presented before them," said the superintendent.

Asked about using CCTV footage to identify the culprit, the hospital superintendent said some of the cameras installed on the hospital premises were not functioning. The women told him that the culprit had escaped towards the emergency ward.

"The camera installed near the emergency ward do not function," said Dr Sinha. "Footage from different points have been made available to the police."

Of late, the medical college and hospital has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Not long back, a dead patient's ear was eaten up by rodents. Incidents of child theft have also taken place in the hospital.

In June, some women medicos had complained that they were being stalked on the campus and that they felt unsafe after dark. Then principal Dr Sushil Mahto had rejected the complaint, saying the girls were unnecessarily raising a hue and cry.

Recently, the Centre reduced MBBS intake at the college from 100 to 50. The Supreme Court thereafter restored the 100-seat intake following assurances from the state government to set things right.