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Bihar: 2 Gates students jailed on sexual assault charge

by IBNS 28 Jun 2014, 11:00 am

Patna, June 28 (IBNS): Two students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, who are interning with the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, have been charged with sexual assault while conducting a survey at a hospital in Bihar, reports said.

According to reports, they were thrashed by the hospital staff while they were surveying and sent to jail on sexual assaultcharges.
 
Mohammad Shadab and Shikhar Singh went to the Sadar hospital in Muzaffarpur to collect data on healthcare administration. The survey was being conducted in co-ordination with Bihar's Health Department. 
 
However, the hospital staff alleged that the duo posed as trainee IAS officers and misbehaved with the staff.
 
Meanwhile, officials at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences have denied the hospital staff's allegations.