Bengaluru reports first case of Covid-19 reinfection
Bengaluru: In possibly the first case of Covid-19 reinfection in Bengaluru, a 27-year-old woman who recovered from the infection has contracted the virus again, in the span of a month, a private hospital said, reports The Indian Express on Sunday.
The case has been confirmed at Fortis Hospital in Bannerghatta Road. Doctors at the hospital confirmed the patient to be the “first case of Covid-19 reinfection” in the Karnataka capital.
According to the team of experts in the Department of Infectious Diseases in the hospital, the woman, who had no comorbidities, tested positive for Covid-19 for the first time in July. She had developed mild symptoms of fever and cough. The patient had, however, “recovered well” and was “discharged successfully” after testing negative for the viral infection, the team clarified.
Dr Pratik Patil, consultant, Infectious Diseases, at the hospital said the patient was discharged on July 24. “However, nearly after a month, in the last week of August, she developed mild symptoms again and has tested positive again,” he said. “This is possibly the first reported case of Covid-19 reinfection in Bengaluru,” Dr Patil stated.
The confirmation of a relapse case in Bengaluru comes at a time when the city has 41,479 active cases (as on September 6), which amounts to over 40 per cent of the active cases across 30 districts of the state.
Meanwhile, Karnataka has witnessed a cumulative 3.89 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first case was reported in Bengaluru on March 8. To date, as per statistics issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services, 6298 people have succumbed to the infection. 2125 of these have been confirmed in Bengaluru alone.
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FIR registered against Prof Muralidhar Deshpande who called Muslim student terrorist during class
Bengaluru: The Girinagar police in Bengaluru on Saturday afternoon registered a suo motu FIR against a professor of PES University after a video of an alleged classroom incident went viral on social media.
According to the FIR, the case has been registered under Sections 299 and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
Section 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, punishes intentional insults designed to provoke a breach of peace. It covers verbal, written, or gestural insults that degrade dignity and are likely to cause a person to break the law or commit violence.
Section 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, criminalizes deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or beliefs.
The complaint in the FIR has been filed by a police officer attached to Girinagar Police Station. The officer stated that while gathering information, he came across a post on the social media platform X from an account named “The Muslim”.
The post claimed that at PES University in Bengaluru, a professor identified as Dr. Muralidhar Deshpande allegedly referred to a Muslim student, Affan, as a “terrorist” at least 13 times during a class and made several other remarks in front of around 60 students.
The FIR also records the additional claims mentioned in the post, including statements allegedly made by the professor and concerns about deletion of CCTV footage.
The accused has been named as Professor Muralidhar Deshpande, while the student mentioned in the complaint is identified as Affan.
The police have noted that the alleged act could hurt religious sentiments and has the potential to disturb communal harmony, which prompted the registration of the case.
The FIR clearly mentions that the case has been registered suo motu by the police, meaning no formal complaint from the victim was required at this stage.
