Agartala, June 20 -- Tripura's Unakoti district court on Thursday sentenced a 52-year-old sanitation worker to three years of imprisonment for molesting minor girls at the Kumarghat COVID Care Centre in 2020.

The verdict followed a prolonged trial, bringing closure to a distressing case that emerged during the height of the pandemic.

Public Prosecutor Sunirmal Deb said, the accused identified as Jhantu Deb, posted at the centre, inappropriately touched and groped minor female patients.

He reportedly misled the victims, claiming his actions were part of their medical treatment. The girls, upon realizing they were being deceived, reported the incidents to the centre's in-charge doctor.

The first incident occurred on September 2, 2020. T...