A junior female doctor at a West Bengal government hospital was allegedly assaulted and threatened with rape by a home guard on Monday evening. Both accused were produced on Tuesday before the Uluberia Court, which granted three-day police custody.

Police said the home guard was allegedly visiting a patient who was his relative. The incident took place at the Uluberia Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government Medical College and Hospital in Howrah district.

After receiving the complaint, police launched an investigation that night and arrested Sheikh Babulal and Sheikh Hasibur. Sheikh Babulal is a home guard with the Uluberia Traffic Police.

Police said a pregnant woman from Lohanagar in Kharia, Mynapur, had been admitted to the hospital on Monday morning. In the afternoon, her family memb

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