Angry mob attacks police officers after a teenage schoolgirl was allegedly raped in a hospital ICU

Baton-wielding cops tried to control hundreds of protesters that gathered outside the Jagriti Hospital in Kanpur, India.

But the crowd turned on the police officers, throwing stones and charging back at their lines in violent scenes caught on camera by eyewitnesses.

One officer was kicked and punched unconscious after he found himself isolated and surrounded by demonstrators. Two others were left badly injured.

Violence broke out after news spread that a student named Akansha, 17, had been raped in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

She had been rushed to the hospital after falling ill and losing consciousness at a party in the city.

Akansha claimed that she was drugged and raped by a porter or nursing assistant later that same night.

She said: “After I was brought to the ICU, my mother changed my clothes.

“Late at night, the ward boy showed up and said since your clothes are wet, they will need to be changed.

“I asked him to call a nurse or my mother but he refused.

“I had to change clothes in front of the ward boy.

“The ward boy came again and injected me, which caused me to fall sleep. He took advantage of the situation and raped me.”

Akansha’s father, who was not named by local media, said that he had been prevented from seeing his daughter that night.

He added: “In the morning I forcibly entered the ICU, where seeing the condition of my daughter’s clothes, I suspected that something was wrong.

“I shook her awake and she started crying and told me about the whole incident.”

Sonia Singh, Deputy Inspector General of police in Kanpur, said: “The family members of the girl have been up in arms against the hospital for couple of days.

“We are doing our best to douse down the situation because we cannot tolerate lawlessness.

“However, stringent action against the accused will be taken”.