In a horrific development, four persons, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly administering an HIV injection to a lady doctor in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool. Among the other accused is a nurse, while the doctor is the wife of the woman's ex-lover, the police found.
To the shock of the probe team, they learnt that the accused procured the HIV-infected blood samples from patients receiving treatment at a government hospital. They convinced the donors that their samples were required for research purposes.
The accused were identified as B. Boya Vasundhara (34), a resident of Kurnool; Konge Jyothi (40), a nurse at a private hospital in Adoni; and her two children, who are in their 20s. They were arrested on 24 January, police reportedly told news agency PTI. It was Vasundhara herself who injected the blood into the doctor.
"After conspiring with three others and staging a road accident, Vasundhara allegedly injected the HIV virus into a doctor, who is the wife of her former lover," the official told PTI.
According to police, the accused claims to have stored the infected blood in a refrigerator. Unable to accept that her former lover had married another woman, the accused conspired to separate the couple.
Accordingly, on 9 January at around 2:30 pm, the victim—an assistant professor at a private medical college in Kurnool—was returning home on a scooter after duty for lunch. Two persons on a motorcycle intentionally rammed her scooter near the KC Canal at Vinayak Ghat, causing her to fall and sustain injuries. The accused then approached her under the guise of offering help. While attempting to take her into an autorickshaw, Vasundhara allegedly administered an HIV injection before fleeing the spot when the victim raised an alarm, police said.
The official said the victim received immediate treatment and is now fine, with doctors confirming her condition is stable.
