A 25-year-old machine technician at the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta —The Medicity here has been arrested by the Gurugram police in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of a flight attendant during treatment earlier this month.

The accused, Deepak, a resident of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, had been working at the hospital for the past five months.

Following the arrest, Dr. Sanjay Durani, the hospital’s medical superintendent, said they have suspended the employee and will continue to provide full support to the police.

Holding a press conference, Deputy Commissioner of Police (headquarters) Arpit Jain, who led a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case, said they checked the footage of 800 closed-circuit television cameras installed in the hospital and interrogated 50 staff members, including doctors, to zero in on the accused. The SIT, which was constituted on Thursday, went into the finer details of the case, re-questioned the doctors and the employees and analysed the CCTV footage multiple times to arrest the accused on Friday, said Mr. Jain.

“Further investigation is on. The accused would be produced before the court on Saturday,” said the senior police officer.

Admitted to the private hospital after nearly drowning in a hotel pool, the flight attendant was allegedly sexually harassed while on a ventilator in a semi-conscious state during treatment. The alleged incident took place on April 6, but the complaint was lodged at Sadar police station on April 14, a day after she was discharged from the hospital.