Chikkamagaluru: Woman arrested after she grabs doctor by collar, hurls footwear at him
Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Sep 10: Doctors and staff at the Araluguppe Mallegowda District Hospital here staged a protest on Tuesday by shutting down the outpatient department after a woman allegedly grabbed a physician by his collar and hurled a footwear at him.
According to official sources, when the doctor, Venkatesh B S, was on duty at the emergency unit of the government hospital, a person named Irfan, who was injured in a scuffle, came for treatment.
"When the Doctor was examining Irfan, a group of people, who were the patient's relatives, gathered there and were making noise. When the Doctor asked everyone else other than the patient to go out, an argument broke out. One of the injured patient’s kin named Taslim, who was apparently enraged, removed her footwear and hurled it at the Doctor, she subsequently grabbed him by the collar and pulled him," they said.
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Other Doctors and staff of the hospital staged a protest by shutting down the outpatient department. They gathered in front of the district surgeon’s office and demanded immediate arrest of those who assaulted the Doctor.
The District Surgeon wrote to the Police, alleging abuse, assault and threat to the life of the Doctor by persons involved in the incident.
He demanded registering a case against those involved in the incident and to take necessary legal action against them, and also to provide security to Doctors and staff at the hospital to discharge their duty.
Sharing the video of the alleged incident on 'X', BJP MLC CT Ravi said: " Hon'ble Home Minister G Parameshwara should immediately arrest those who have committed such a despicable act, and take action to protect the medical staff. DGP Alok Mohan should immediately arrest of the accused and create an environment where the medical staff can work with confidence in law and order."
Chikkamagaluru SP, Vikram Amathe, told PTI that an FIR has been registered and the woman arrested.
"We have convinced the Doctors who were protesting about (demanding) registering a case and making the arrest, and they have subsequently withdrawn the protest," he said.
ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ ನಿರತ ವೈದ್ಯಾಧಿಕಾರಿ, ಡಾಕ್ಟರ್ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್ ಅವರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಲ್ಲೆಯಾದ ಅಮಾನವೀಯ ಘಟನೆ ನಡೆದಿದೆ.
— C T Ravi 🇮🇳 ಸಿ ಟಿ ರವಿ (@CTRavi_BJP) September 10, 2024
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Two children among five dead in Firozabad factory explosion, 11 hospitalised
Firozabad (UP) (PTI): Five persons, including two children and a woman, were killed due to an explosion at a firecracker godown-cum-factory in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district that caused damage to nearby houses, a police official said on Tuesday.
Eleven persons sustained injuries in the blast, which happened in the factory located in the Naushera area under Shikohabad police station limits on Monday night, they said.
Local residents also said that around one dozen houses were damaged due to the blast, and roofs of some of the houses have also been damaged.
"Five persons including two children were killed in the explosion, which had taken place in a firecracker godown-cum-factory. Eleven persons were injured in the incident," Circle Officer Shikohabad Praveen Tiwari told PTI.
According to local residents, around 10.30 pm, there was a sudden blast in the firecracker godown due to which the walls of the building collapsed and about seven people got buried under the debris.
Meera Devi (45), Aman Kushwaha (17), Gautam Kushwaha (16) and Kumari Ichha (4) and Abhinaye (2) died in the incident. The two kids are siblings, the officer said, adding that they were identified based on information obtained from the district hospital.
The bodies of the deceased were handed over to their kin after post-mortem, officials said.
Family members of the deceased, initially said that they will not carry out the last rites until the government gives them money to rebuild the houses.
However, the families agreed to holding the funerals after speaking to District Magistrate Ramesh Ranjan and SSP Saurabh Dixit, who visited the the spot, Tiwari said.
The process of convincing the family members is underway, he said.
Shikohabad's MLA Mukesh Verma, who was also present on the spot, said that the DM spoke to the Chief Minister's Office regarding compensation. He got an assurance that Rs 4 lakhs will be given to the kin of each deceased, after which the family agreed to perform the last rites, Verma said.
The MLA also said that he has requested the DM to arrange a 100-yard plot for those whose homes have been destroyed in the blast.
The state government said that UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the accident.
The chief minister has directed the district administration officials to provide proper treatment to the injured, and issued instructions to district administration officials to expedite relief work, it said.
