Doctor among two booked over 'gender change' surgery in UP
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jun 20: Two people, including a doctor, have been booked after "gender change" surgery was allegedly performed on a young man without his consent, police said.
The youth, about 20-year-old, was brought to a private hospital here by Om Prakash who had been sexually assaulting him for the past two years, according to a complaint lodged by the victim’s father.
Police said the victim had been missing from his home for a month.
It was not immediately clear if the entire procedure was carried out before the victim contacted his mother.
It was also not known if the hospital routinely performs gender reassignment surgeries.
The case has been registered at Mansurpur police station under sections 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), 420 (cheating) and 377 (unnatural offence) of IPC, Station House Officer Ashutosh Kumar said.
Police said Om Prakash brought the victim to the medical facility about a fortnight ago.
Meanwhile, activists of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) led by its state vice president Niraj Pehelwan staged a dharna outside the medical facility at Begarazpur village on Wednesday demanding action against the doctor and Om Prakash.
The victim's father said his son called his mother recently that he is in a private hospital and narrated the incident that happened to him.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
