Puttur: College students perform Babri Masjid demolition skit on annual day, no action yet
Puttur: A video depicting students at Vivekananda College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous) in Puttur reenacting the 'Babri Masjid demolition' during their annual day event has been circulating widely on Instagram. The viral clip, which has since been removed, attracted numerous comments, including some expressing support for the act with phrases like "Jai Sriram."
In the video, student participants are seen wearing RSS shorts, saffron attire, and portraying scenes reminiscent of both the Ram Mandir and a mosque, as reported by nanugauri.com. The controversial clip allegedly depicted the Muslim rulers destroying the temple, with RSS workers sacrificing their lives to protect it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's character performing Homa Havan was also part of the skit.
According to nanugauri.com, no action has been taken against this portrayal, which is seen as propagating communal hatred among young minds. Local website 'Puttur suddiNews.com' confirmed that the college annual day event took place recently.
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This incident echoes a similar occurrence at an educational institution associated with RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat. A case was registered following a complaint filed at the Bantwal city police station when a mock performance of the Babri Masjid demolition was staged during the annual sports day at Shri Ram School in Kalladka.
During the performance at Shri Ram School, students fervently tore down a replica of the Babri Masjid while chanting slogans such as "Jai Shri Ram" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai." Abubakar Siddique of the PFI organization lodged a complaint at the Bantwal police station after the video of the reenactment went viral.
Four individuals, including RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, were named in the case.
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'Low-quality' catheters supplied to West Bengal govt hospitals at high price, probe ordered
Kolkata (PTI): The West Bengal health department has launched a probe into the supplies of allegedly low-quality and locally made catheters at a high price to several government hospitals, posing a risk to the lives of patients undergoing treatment in these facilities, officials said.
Such central venous catheters (CVCs) were allegedly supplied to at least five medical colleges and hospitals in the state, defying allocation of international standard-compliant CVCs, they said.
The distribution company, which has been accused of supplying these catheters to government hospitals, admitted to the fault but placed the blame on its employees.
"We started checking stocks some time back and found these locally made CVCs in my hospital store. These catheters are of low quality as compared to those allocated by the state. We have informed the state health department," a senior official of the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital told PTI.
Low-quality catheters were also found in the stores of other hospitals, which indicates "possible involvement of insiders in the scam", a health department official said.
The low-quality CVCs were supplied by a distributor in the Hatibagan area in the northern part of Kolkata for the last three to four months, he said.
"Such kinds of local CVCs are priced around Rs 1,500 but the distributor took Rs 4,177 for each device," the official said.
A CVC is a thin and flexible tube that is inserted into a vein to allow for the administration of fluids, blood, and other treatment. It's also clinically called a central line catheter.
"An initial probe revealed that the distribution company Prakash Surgical had supplied the low-quality and locally manufactured catheters to several government hospitals instead of the CVCs of the government-designated international company.
"All the units will be tested and a proper investigation is on to find out who benefited from these supplies," the health department official said.
The distribution company blamed its employees for the supply of inferior quality catheters.
"I was sick for a few months. Some employees of the organisation made this mistake. We are taking back all those units that have gone to the hospitals. It's all about misunderstanding," an official of the distribution company told PTI.
According to another state health department official, a complaint was lodged with the police in this connection.
Asked about how many patients were affected by the usage of such low-quality CVCs, the official said, "The probe would also try to find that out".
According to sources in the health department, some of the staff of the hospitals' equipment receiving departments and some local officials of international organisations might be involved in the alleged irregularities.
