The death of a 25-year-old pregnant woman on Sunday night at a private nursing home in the Biharsharif Station Road area, in Bihar’s Nalanda district, triggered fury among the victim’s family members.
They vandalised the clinic and allegedly threw a nurse off the first floor of the building.
The nurse, Punam Kumari, 35, was taken to a private hospital in critical condition, reported The Times of India.
While the police claimed that Ms Kumari jumped from the building to save herself from the furious family members, her husband, Jai Kumar Prasad, alleged that she was flung from the building by the mob.
According to the police, the pregnant woman, Gudiya Kumari, a resident of Chainpura village, was admitted to the nursing home because of a stomach ache, but died while undergoing treatment.
Angry family members and local villagers then stormed the nursing home and vandalised it.
“Seeing the mob, the doctors and staff fled,” said a police officer.
Ms Gudiya’s family members told the police that Ms Kumari administered an injection, after which the pregnant woman’s condition worsened, and she died soon after.
The family later filed a police report against the clinic and the management.
“On receiving information, the police arrived at the scene and calmed the family members,” said Biharsharif police station in-charge Ramashankar Singh, adding that Ms Kumar had jumped from the building to escape the victim’s family. “No complaint has been filed by the nurse’s family,” he said.
